Andropogon virginicus L.
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Authority
Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Densely tufted, with a mass of long leaves at the base ; culms 1 to 1.5 meters tall; sheaths compressed-keeled, glabrous or somewhat appressed-villous; blades 2 to 4 mm. wide; inflorescence slender, one-third to half the length of the plant; racemes 1.5 to 3 cm. long, more or less included in the spathes; rachis slender, flexuous, tins and the pedicels villous with white hairs 3 to 5 mm. long; awn delicate, straight, 10 to 15 mm. long.