Flora of the Southeastern United States

Anatherum dealbatum (C. Mohr ex Hackel) Weakley & LeBlond. Common name: Wetland White Bluestem. Phenology: Aug-Dec (-Jul). Habitat: Wet pine savannas, ditches adjacent to those savannas, depressional wetlands. Distribution: S. NJ south to s. FL and west to e. TX; also in the Bahamas (Sorrie & LeBlond 1997).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Campbell (1983) informally described two "variants" of A. virginicus var. glaucus. A. capillipes is clearly a species distinct from A. virginicus; moreover, the substantial morphological and ecological differences between Campbell's two "variants" (which he describes as nearly always sharply distinct, even when growing in close proximity) warrant recognition as good species (Weakley et al. 2011).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Weakley et al (2024b) in Weakley et al (2024a); = Anatherum species 3; = Andropogon dealbatus (C.Mohr) Weakley & LeBlond — FlGr, NSProv, POWO, Weakley & Schori (2018) in Weakley et al (2018a), Weakley et al (2011); = Andropogon virginicus L. var. dealbatus Mohr = Andropogon virginicus L. var. glaucus "wetlands variant" — Campbell (1983); < Andropogon capillipes Nash — GW1, S, S13; < Andropogon dealbatus (C.Mohr) Weakley & LeBlond — K4; < Andropogon virginicus L. — RAB; < Andropogon virginicus L. var. glaucopsis (Elliott) Hitchc. — HC; < Andropogon virginicus L. var. glaucus Hack. — F, FNA25, WH3; < Andropogon virginicus L. var. virginicus — C. Basionym: Andropogon virginicus L. var. dealbatus Mohr 1889

Links to other floras: < Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9