Poaceae
Sand bluestem
Andropogon hallii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Andropogon
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 砂生须芒草
- English
- Sand bluestem, Hall's beardgrass, Hall's bluestem, Prairie bluestem, Sand hill bluestem, Turkey-foot
Synonyms
- Andropogon geminatus Hack. ex Beal
- Andropogon gerardi var. paucipilus (Nash) Fernald
- Andropogon gerardii subsp. hallii (Hack.) Wipff
- Andropogon gerardii var. incanescens (Hack.) B.Boivin
- Andropogon gerardii var. paucipilus (Nash) Fernald
- Andropogon hallii var. bispicatus Vasey ex Beal
- Andropogon hallii var. flaveolus Hack.
- Andropogon hallii var. incanescens Hack.
- Andropogon hallii var. muticus Hack.
- Andropogon paucipilus Nash
- Andropogon provincialis var. paucipilus (Nash) Fernald & Griscom
- Leptopogon flaveolus (Hack.) Roberty
- Sorghum hallii (Hack.) Kuntze
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: samlutfy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Riley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vincent Weber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Colin Croft, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ethan Rose, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lyrae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Colin Croft, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.