Schizachyrium niveum (Swallen) Gould. Common name: Pinescrub Bluestem. Phenology: Oct-Nov. Habitat: Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills. Distribution: Endemic to c. peninsular FL; reported for Lowndes Co. in sc. GA (Kral 1973), but the report has been discounted by later authors (Wipff in FNA 2003a).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, WH3; = Andropogon niveus Swallen — HC, S. Basionym: Andropogon niveus Swallen 1941
Links to other floras: = Schizachyrium niveum - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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