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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is one of several NC bluestems with glaucous (chalky white or bluish white) stems and leaves. It is very similar to A. dealbatus, which has been split off in recent years. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Andropogon capillipes, A. dealbatus, and A. cretaceus have culm sheaths and leaf blades that are strongly glaucous; this is usually very obvious, but can be tested for by running the finger along the surface of the leaf (a white coating of wax will come off on the finger). Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

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INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Reinstatement and expansion of the genus Anatherum (Andropogoneae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) (Vorontsova et al., 2023)

Anatherum capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Andropogon dealbatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Andropogon capillipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus "drylands variant"

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Andropogon capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:

Andropogon virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Andropogon capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Andropogon capillipes

 

COMMON NAME:
Dryland White Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Anatherum capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Andropogon capillipes   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Reinstatement and expansion of the genus Anatherum (Andropogoneae, Panicoideae, Poaceae) (Vorontsova et al., 2023)
Anatherum capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Andropogon dealbatus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Andropogon capillipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Systematics of the Andropogon virginicus complex (Gramineae) (Campbell, 1983)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus "drylands variant"

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Andropogon capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-87-007?:
Andropogon virginicus   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon capillipes

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Andropogon capillipes