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Schizachyrium

not marked as a favorite taxon Schizachyrium hirtiflorum Nees. Common name: Hairy Crimson Bluestem. Phenology: Aug-Nov. Habitat: Pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, disturbed sandy sites. Distribution: Sw. GA and FL west to AZ and south through Central America to South America; West Indies.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: We here interpret Schizachyrium hirtiflorum as the New World component , related to Old World S. sanguineum, but do not distinguish minor variations in pubescence of the glumes.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Andropogon hirtiflorus (Nees) Kunth — S; > Andropogon hirtiflorus (Nees) Kunth — HC; > Andropogon semiberbis (Nees) Kunth — HC; > Schizachyrium feense (E.Fournier) A.Camus — Tx; > Schizachyrium oligostachyum (Chapm.) Nash — S13; < Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston — K4, Mex, WH3; > Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. brevipedicellatum (Beal) Hatch — WI; > Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. hirtiflorum (Nees) Hatch — FlGr, FNA25, Hatch (1984); > Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. oligostachyum (Chapm.) S.L.Hatch; >< Schizachyrium sanguineum (Retz.) Alston var. sanguineum — FlGr, WI; > Schizachyrium semiberbe Nees — Bah, S13; Schizachyrium hirtiflorum Nees. Basionym: Schizachyrium hirtiflorum Nees 1829

Links to other floras: > Schizachyrium sanguineum var. hirtiflorum - FNA25

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image #1 of Schizachyrium hirtiflorum© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Schizachyrium hirtiflorum© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
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