Poaceae
Splitbeard bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Andropogon
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Splitbeard bluestem
Synonyms
- Anatherum argyreum (Schult. ex Steud.) Roberty
- Anatherum virginicum subvar. elliottii Roberty
- Andropogon argenteus Elliott
- Andropogon argyreus Schult.
- Andropogon argyreus var. macer Scribn.
- Andropogon argyreus var. tenuis Vasey
- Andropogon belvisii Desv.
- Andropogon elliottii Chapm.
- Andropogon elliottii var. glaucescens Scribn.
- Andropogon mississippiensis Scribn. & C.R.Ball
- Andropogon muehlenbergianus Schult.
- Andropogon scribnerianus Nash
- Andropogon ternarius var. glaucescens (Scribn.) Fernald & Griscom
- Andropogon ternarius var. ternarius
- Sorghum argenteum Kuntze
- Sorghum elliottii Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- September to November (from 41 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, 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.