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Details for: NA 87788,
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash, 'Twilight Zone'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash
Cultivar:
'Twilight Zone'
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
May 2024
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Graminoid
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Schizachyrium scoparium
(Michx.) Nash
Cultivar:
'Twilight Zone'
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
May 2024
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Graminoid
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Twilight Zone'
Type: Cultivar name
NA 87788
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum
Narrative
Full name as recorded at the U.S. National Arboretum: Schizachyrium scoparium 'Twilight'.
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
Language
Name
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note
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English
little bluestem
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
prairie beard grass
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Swedish
präriegräs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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