| Accepted name: |
Andropogon virginicus L. var. virginicus |
| Synonym(s): |
-Andropogon vaginatus Ell.
-Andropogon disstiflorus Michx.
-Andropogon tetrastachyus Ell.
-Cinna lateralis Walter
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| English names: |
Broomsedge Bluestem
Broomsedge Bluestem
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| French names: |
Barbon de Virginie
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
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| OPL Code: |
GANDVIV
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
3 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion taken to "check bowels." Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. Infusion used for frost bite and sores and ooze used to bathe itch(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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