Flora of the Southeastern United States

Anatherum virginicum Sprengel var. 1. Common name: Smooth Bluestem. Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas. Distribution: NC south to peninsular FL, west to e. LA. Known from NC and SC (Berkeley and Marion counties; P. McMillan, pers. comm.).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: This entity has glaucous stem internodes and glabrous leaves. Although treated by Campbell (1983) as the informal ‘smooth variant’, decades of additional observations of this taxon by Southeastern Coastal Plain field botanists suggest that it warrants formal taxonomic recognition.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Andropogon virginicus L. var. 1 — NS; = Andropogon virginicus L. var. virginicus "smooth variant" — Campbell (1983), Campbell (1986); < Anatherum virginicum (L.) Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg — Vorontsova et al (2023); < Andropogon virginicus L. — POWO, RAB, S, S13; < Andropogon virginicus L. var. virginicus — FlGr, FNA25, HC, K4, WH3; .

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

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split 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 ⓘ: 8