Characteristics
Monocots
Schizachyrium stoloniferum Nash
CREEPING LITTLE BLUESTEM
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A recent plastid DNA phylogeny suggested this species was not closely related to S. scoparium and S. rhizomatum (Peichoto et al. 2021). Specimens with rhizomes are crucial for confident identification of this species. As such, specimens without sufficient belowground material can only be provisionally identified. Schizachyrium stoloniferum seems to be the common entity of Florida with S. scoparium being rarer. Yarlett & Roush (1970) provided a detailed synopsis including its distribution. The varietal name S. scoparium var. stoloniferum is often used, but here it is recognized at the species level following Hitchcock (1935: 731, 1951: 757), Gould (1967), and Godfrey & Wooten (1979). However Bruner (1987) favored the use of S. scoparium var. polycladum, a name mostly ignored but which has priority over the epithet stoloniferum at the varietal rank but not at the species rank (if considered synonymous) (see Wipff 1996). The type specimen of var. polycladum does not show rhizomes but its distribution in Manatee Co. is suggestive of it having rhizomes (Bruner 1987) and being synonymous with S. stoloniferum. Hitchcock (1935: 731, 794) established S. stoloniferum as having priority over S. triaristatum, when considered synonymous.
Native
FACU (NWPL)
FAC (DEP)
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Classification
Citation
SCHIZACHYRIUM STOLONIFERUM Nash, in Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 59, 1326. 1903.
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FLORIDA: Without data, Chapman s.n. (holotype: NY).
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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