Andropogon tracyi

Nash
Common names: Tracy's bluestem
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 659.

Plants cespitose, upper portion dense, cylindrical. Culms 50-120 cm; internodes not glaucous; branches mostly erect, straight. Sheaths smooth; ligules 0.2-0.5 mm, ciliate, cilia 0.2-0.8 mm; blades 10-22 cm long, 1.2-2.6 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, with spreading hairs. Inflorescence units 3-11 per culm; subtending sheaths (2.8) 4.1-5.8 (7.2) cm long, (3) 4-4.7 (5.8) mm wide; peduncles (9) 14-31 (65) mm, with 2 rames; rames (1.5) 2.4-3.6 (4.2) cm, usually exserted at maturity, pubescence increasing in density distally within each internode. Sessile spikelets (4) 4.8-5 (5.5) mm; callus hairs 1.5-3.5 mm; keels of lower glumes scabrous only above the midpoint; awns 11-23 mm; anthers 1, 1.2-2 mm, yellow. Pedicellate spikelets vestigial or absent. 2n = 20.

Distribution

Ga., N.C., Ala., Miss., S.C., Fla.

Discussion

Andropogon tracyi grows on sandhills, sandy pinelands, and scrublands of the southeastern United States. It resembles A. longiberbis, but usually differs in having sparsely pubescent blades and a more slender appearance.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Andropogon tracyi"
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
anatomy +  and kranz +
Christopher S. Campbell +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
terete +  and flattened +
slender +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
pseudopetiolate +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
well-developed +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
convolute +, folded +, flat +  and linear +
reduced +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br />) +
spikelike +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
Tracy's bluestem +
much-branched +
purple +  and reddish +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
not woody +
Ga. +, N.C. +, Ala. +, Miss. +, S.C. +  and Fla. +
capillary +
sometimes longer +
concealing +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
compressed +  and rounded +
unequal +
uncinate +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
pedunculate +  and multiple-stalked +
4.1 cm41 mm <br />0.041 m <br /> (5.8 cm58 mm <br />0.058 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.47 cm4.7 mm <br />0.0047 m <br />) +
with inconspicuous veins +  and veined +
fimbriate +  and cupulate +
solid +  and hollow +
exserted +  and not glaucous +
photosynthetic +
not aromatic +
coriaceous +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
2-9-veined +  and veined +
concave +, flat +  and 2-keeled +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
sessile-pedicellate +
heterogamous +
not fused +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (?) +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (?) +  and 3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br /> (?) +
dry +  and fleshy +
elongate +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
in triplets +  and paired +
well-developed +
usually smaller +  and reduced +
0.48 cm4.8 mm <br />0.0048 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Gramineae +
Andropogon tracyi +
Andropogon sect. Leptopogon +
species +
membranous +
sessile-pedicellate +
inconspicuous +
plant +  and cespitose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +