Details for: PI 675546, Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash, 9063125


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
Top Name:
9063125
Origin:
Collected – United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 675546 01 SD
 
There are no images for this accession.

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash
Top Name:
9063125
Origin:
Collected – United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Mar 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
September 1979.
United States

Donated
2004.
North Dakota, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
9063125
Type: Institute identifier

NSL 439961
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Little bluestem is an erect, medium-tall, perennial warm season bunchgrass with a deep fibrous root system. Basal portions of stems and leaf sheaths are somewhat flattened and leaves are slightly folded. Leaves become reddish-brown at maturity, and mature seeds are fluffy white. Little bluestem reproduces from tillers, short rhizomes and seed. Variation in plant size, leaf width, and color are considered normal within the population. Itasca germplasm little bluestem varies in mature height depending on the site and plant density. Little bluestem, as with most warm-season species may exhibit increased vigor and plant size when moved north of its area of origin. The primary conservation use of Itasca germplasm little bluestem is as a northern source component species for various native seedings. Secondary uses would include reduced maintenance plantings, wildlife plantings, and prairie landscaping.
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)
Annotations
Other Links
Storage Information Form
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Itasca is a composite of two little bluestem populations ND-4114 and ND-4117. It is a composite of 72 accessions selected from an evaluation nursery of 588 accessions collected in 1979 from grasslands of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.