Details for: NA 86940, Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash, 'The Blues'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
Cultivar:
'The Blues'
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
11 Jan 2022
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
Cultivar:
'The Blues'
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
11 Jan 2022
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'The Blues'
Type: Cultivar name

NA 86940
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'. Extra/leftover plants from an exhibit created by the U.S. Botanic Garden, donated to USNA.
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
Genus:
Schizachyrium
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Andropogoninae
Nomen number:

70698
Place of publication:

J. K. Small, Fl. s.e. U.S. 59, 1326. 1903
Verified:
02/08/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. divergens (Hack.) Gandhi & Smeins (0 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. littorale (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins (10 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. neomexicanum (Nash) Gandhi & Smeins (0 active accession[s])
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash subsp. scoparium (5 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishlittle bluestem  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishprairie beard grass  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Swedishpräriegräs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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