| Accepted name: |
Andropogon gerardii Vitman |
| Synonym(s): |
-Andropogon provincialis L.
-Andropogon chrysocomus Nash in Britton
-Andropogon furcatus Muhlenb. ex Willd.
-Andropogon hallii Hack.
|
| English names: |
Big Bluestem
Hall's Beard Grass
|
| French names: |
Barbon de Gerard
|
| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
|
| OPL Code: |
GANDGE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
3 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
|
| Ecosystem: |
|
| Microhabitat: |
|
| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Simple or compound decoction of root taken as a diuretic. Decoction of root taken for stomach pain(*25)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
