Poaceae
Bushy bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Andropogon
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Bushy bluestem
- nv
- Atsábéʼézhóóʼ, Tsétah béʼézhóóʼ
- Russian
- Бородач скученный
Synonyms
- Anatherum macrourum Griseb.
- Anatherum virginicum subvar. glomeratum (Walter) Roberty
- Anatherum virginicum subvar. reinoldii (León) Roberty
- Andropogon corymbosus (Hack.) Nash
- Andropogon corymbosus var. abbreviatus (Hack.) Nash
- Andropogon densus Desv.
- Andropogon glomeratus subsp. reinoldii (León) Catasús
- Andropogon glomeratus var. abbreviatus (Hack.) Scribn.
- Andropogon glomeratus var. corymbosus (Hack.) Scribn.
- Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus
- Andropogon macrourum var. abbreviatus Hack.
- Andropogon macrourum var. corymbosus Hack.
- Andropogon macrourus Michx.
- Andropogon macrourus var. abbreviatus Hack.
- Andropogon macrourus var. corymbosus Hack.
- Andropogon macrourus var. genuinus Hack.
- Andropogon montanus var. glaucopsis (Steud.) Hack.
- Andropogon reinoldii León
- Andropogon spathaceus Trin.
- Andropogon virginicus var. abbreviatus (Hack.) Fernald & Griscom
- Andropogon virginicus var. corymbosus (Hack.) Fernald & Griscom
- Capillipedium parviflorum f. glaucopsis (Steud.) Roberty
- Cinna glomerata Walter
- Dimeiostemon macrourus Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Sorghum glomeratum (Walter) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- October to November (from 55 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.