Poaceae
Yellow bluestem
Bothriochloa ischaemum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bothriochloa
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Common names
By language (9)
- Bulgarian
- Белизма
- Chinese
- 白羊草
- Czech
- Vousatka prstnatá
- English
- Yellow bluestem, Yellow bluestem grass
- Georgian
- Ჩვეულებრივი ურო
- German
- Bartgras
- nds
- Baartgrass
- Polish
- Palczatka kosmata
- Uzbek
- Buzoqchirg
Synonyms
- Amphilophis ischaemum (L.) Nash
- Andropogon angustifolius Sm.
- Andropogon annulatus J.A.Schmidt
- Andropogon articulatus Dulac
- Andropogon digitatus St.-Lag.
- Andropogon ischaemum L.
- Andropogon ischaemum f. songaricus (Rupr. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kitag.
- Andropogon ischaemum var. genuinus Hack.
- Andropogon ischaemum var. ischaemum
- Andropogon ischaemum var. laevifolius Hack.
- Andropogon ischaemum var. racemosoverticillata Buia
- Andropogon ischaemum var. ramosissimus Reyn.
- Andropogon ischaemum var. ramosus F.Gérard
- Andropogon ischaemum var. rubrocinctus Goiran
- Andropogon ischaemum var. songaricus Rupr. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Andropogon ischaemum var. virescens K.Koch
- Andropogon panormitanus Parl.
- Andropogon patulus Moench
- Andropogon pertusus var. panormitanus (Parl.) Hack.
- Andropogon taiwanensis Ohwi
- Andropogon villosus Lam.
- Bothriochloa insculpta subsp. panormitana (Parl.) Giardina & Raimondo
- Bothriochloa ischaemum f. ischaemum
- Bothriochloa ischaemum f. songarica (Rupr. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kitag.
- Bothriochloa ischaemum var. ischaemum
- Bothriochloa ischaemum var. racemosoverticillata (Buia) Borza
- Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica (Rupr. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Celarier & J.R.Harlan
- Bothriochloa panormitana (Parl.) Pilg.
- Bothriochloa taiwanensis Ohwi
- Dichanthium ischaemum (L.) Roberty
- Digitaria collina Salisb.
- Ischaemum dactyloideum Friche-Joset & Montandon
- Sorghum ischaemum (L.) Kuntze
- Sorghum villosum Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.