Details for: PI 421594, Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash, 'Osage'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
Cultivar:
'Osage'
Origin:
Donated – Kansas, United States
Received by NPGS:
30 Nov 1977
PI Assigned:
1978
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
Cultivar:
'Osage'
Origin:
Donated – Kansas, United States
Received by NPGS:
30 Nov 1977
PI Assigned:
1978
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Donated
30 November 1977.
Kansas, United States

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Accession Names and Identifiers
'Osage'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Osage is a perennial warm season grass that is tall, vigorous, leafy, late maturing, and rust resistant. It is adapted to eastern Kansas, western Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma. It is a good seed producer. It was cooperatively released in 1966 by the Kansas AES, Plant Science Division of SCS, and Plant Science Research Division of ARS.
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
Genus:
Sorghastrum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Apludinae
Nomen number:

35084
Place of publication:

J. K. Small, Fl. s.e. U.S. 66, 1326. 1903
Verified:
06/12/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon nutans L.

Autonym(s)
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash subsp. nutans

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon nutans L. var. nutans
Sorghum nutans (L.) A. Gray
Sorghum nutans (L.) A. Gray subsp. nutans

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon avenaceus Michx.
Andropogon nutans L. var. avenaceus (Michx.) Hack.
Chrysopogon avenaceus (Michx.) Benth.
Sorghastrum avenaceum (Michx.) Nash

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishIndian grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishwood grass  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishyellow Indian grass  11998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.
Frenchfaux-sorgho penché  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedishindiangräs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Description:
Seed collected from eastern and central Kansas and Oklahoma in 1953. Recurrent selection for leafiness, vigor, late maturity and rust resistance. Eight clones were seleted for inclusion in the synthetic population that was tested as Kansas Experimental Strain 3.