Poaceae
Angleton bluestem
Dichanthium aristatum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dichanthium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 毛梗双花草, 毛梗雙花草
- English
- Angleton bluestem
Synonyms
- Andropogon aristatus Poir.
- Andropogon caricosus subsp. mollicomus (Kunth) Hack.
- Andropogon caricosus var. glabrior Hack.
- Andropogon caricosus var. heteropogonoides Hack.
- Andropogon caricosus var. mollicomus (Kunth) Hack.
- Andropogon incurvatus J.Koenig ex Trin.
- Andropogon koenigii Raeusch.
- Andropogon mollicomus Kunth
- Andropogon pubescens Willd. ex Kunth
- Dichanthium aristatum var. heteropogonoides (Hack.) Jansen
- Dichanthium caricosum var. mollicomum (Kunth) Haines
- Diplasanthum lanosum Desv.
- Lepeocercis digitata Nees
- Lepeocercis mollicoma (Kunth) Nees
- Lepeocercis mollissima Nees ex Baker
Flowers
- In flower
- October to November (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Shaikhtarbej41, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Richard Fuller, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 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.