Poaceae
Silver bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bothriochloa
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Bothriochloa saccharoidesPoaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Silver bluestem
- German
- Silber-Bartgras
Synonyms
- Amphilophis saccharoides (Sw.) Nash
- Andropogon bertheroanus Hochst. ex Steud.
- Andropogon saccharoides Sw.
- Andropogon saccharoides subsp. genuinus Hack.
- Andropogon saccharoides subvar. typicus Hack.
- Andropogon saccharoides var. genuinus Hack.
- Andropogon saccharoides var. saccharoides
- Bothriochloa saccharoides var. saccharoides
- Dichanthium saccharoides (Sw.) Roberty
- Erianthus saccharoides (Sw.) Willd.
- Holcus saccharoides (Sw.) Stuck.
- Sorghum saccharoides (Sw.) Kuntze
- Sorghum saccharoides var. saccharoides
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
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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.