Poaceae
Colombian bluestem
Schizachyrium condensatum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Schizachyrium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 扫状裂稃草, 扫状须芒草
- English
- Colombian bluestem
Synonyms
- Anatherum pedunculosum Desv.
- Andropogon condensatus Kunth
- Andropogon condensatus f. condensatus
- Andropogon condensatus f. lactiflorus Hack.
- Andropogon condensatus subsp. condensatus
- Andropogon condensatus subsp. corymbosus Hack.
- Andropogon condensatus subvar. exserens Hack.
- Andropogon condensatus subvar. lactiflorus Hack.
- Andropogon condensatus subvar. latens Hack.
- Andropogon condensatus subvar. typicus Hack.
- Andropogon condensatus var. condensatus
- Andropogon condensatus var. genuinus Hack.
- Andropogon condensatus var. typicus Hack.
- Andropogon lhotzkyi Steud. ex E.Fourn.
- Andropogon paniculatus var. paniculatus
- Andropogon rectirhachis E.Fourn.
- Cymbopogon condensatus (Kunth) Spreng.
- Schizachyrium bimucronatum Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.
- Schizachyrium condensatum var. condensatum
- Schizachyrium condensatum var. lactiflorum (Hack.) Kuntze
- Schizachyrium lactiflorum (Hack.) Herter
- Schizachyrium microstachyum subsp. microstachyum
- Schizachyrium mucronatum Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.
- Schizachyrium paniculatum (Kunth) Herter
- Sorghum condensatum (Kunth) Kuntze
- Sorghum condensatum var. lactiflorum (Hack.) Hack. ex Kuntze
- Sorghum condensatum var. lactiflorus (Hack.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: patriciabenitez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.