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|accepted_name=Andropogon glomeratus
|accepted_authority=(Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
|publications=
|common_names=Bushy bluestem;Bushy beardgrass
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae;Andropogon;Andropogon sect. Leptopogon;Andropogon glomeratus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Andropogon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Andropogon sect. Leptopogon]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Andropogon glomeratus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 661
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose, upper portion dense, oblong to oblanceolate or obpyramidal. <b>Culms</b> 20-250 cm; internodes green, sometimes glaucous; branches mostly erect, straight. <b>Sheaths</b> usually scabrous, sometimes smooth; ligules 0.6-2.2 mm, sometimes ciliate, cilia to 0.9 mm; blades 13-109 cm long, 2.9-9.5 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely to densely pubescent, hairs usually spreading, rarely appressed. <b>Inflorescence</b> units 10-600 per culm; subtending sheaths (2.0)2.9-4.4(6.5) cm long, (1.5)2.3-3.4(4.4) mm wide; peduncles (1)6-14(60) mm, with 2(4) rames; rames (1)1.7-2.5(3.5) cm, exserted or not at maturity, pubescence sparse basally and increasing in density distally within each internode. <b>Sessile</b> spikelets 3-5 mm; callus hairs 1-2.5 mm; keels of lower glumes sometimes scabrous below midlength, usually scabrous distally; awns 6-19 mm; anthers 1(3), 0.5-1.5 mm, yellow, red, or purple. <b>Pedicellate</b> spikelets vestigial or absent, sterile. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|distribution=Del.;D.C.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);N.C.;N.Y.;R.I.;S.C.;Utah;Fla.;Okla.;Tex.;N.J.;Ark.;Ariz.;Calif.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.Mex.;Nev.;Puerto Rico;Va.;Virgin Islands;Tenn.;Pa.;Ala.;Ill.;Mass.;Ohio;Ky.
|discussion=<p><i>Andropogon glomeratus</i> hybridizes with both <i>A. longiberbis</i> and <i>A. virginicus</i>. Some of its varieties are morphologically similar to the latter species.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Blades glaucous, glabrous, and smooth
|[[Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis|Andropogon glomeratus var. glaucopsis]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Blades green, often pubescent or scabrous
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Sheaths subtending the inflorescence units 1.5-3 mm wide; leaf sheaths usually smooth; ligules ciliate, the cilia 0.2-0.9 mm long
|[[Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus|Andropogon glomeratus var. pumilus]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Sheaths subtending the inflorescence units (1.5)2.3-3.4(4.4) mm wide; leaf sheaths often scabrous; ligules, when ciliate, with the cilia no more than 0.5 mm long.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Keels of the lower glumes scabrous below and beyond midlength
|[[Andropogon glomeratus var. scabriglumis|Andropogon glomeratus var. scabriglumis]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Keels of the lower glumes usually smooth below midlength, scabrous distally.
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Upper portion of the plants oblong to obpyramidal; mature peduncles (4)11-35(60) mm long; anthers eventually falling
|[[Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus|Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Upper portion of the plants cylindrical to oblong; mature peduncles 2-5 (8) mm long; withered remnants of anthers retained within the spikelets
|[[Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior|Andropogon glomeratus var. hirsutior]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Andropogon glomeratus
|authority=(Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Del.;D.C.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);N.C.;N.Y.;R.I.;S.C.;Utah;Fla.;Okla.;Tex.;N.J.;Ark.;Ariz.;Calif.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.Mex.;Nev.;Puerto Rico;Va.;Virgin Islands;Tenn.;Pa.;Ala.;Ill.;Mass.;Ohio;Ky.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/200273ad09963decb8fc72550212de541d86569d/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V25/V25_1594.xml
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae
|genus=Andropogon
|section=Andropogon sect. Leptopogon
|species=Andropogon glomeratus
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