| Description | Little Blue Stem Grass (Schizachyrium scoparium) A native Prairie grass. The name is a misnomer since it can get to 2-3 feet or taller and blueness is variable within the species. |
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| Pronunciation | (skits-ah-KEER-ee-um)(skoh-PAIR-ee-um) |
| Plant Type | Grass Ornamental, Wild Flowers, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, dry |
| Flowers | inflorescence a single raceme, 5-20 pairs of spikelets, turning silvery white, blooms August to October |
| Leaves | narrow, 1/8-1/4 inch wide, up to 12 inches or longer, green with a whitish or bluish cast, radiant mahogany-red in fall |
| Dimensions | 2-5 feet, forms clumps |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Native American prairie grass |
| Misc Facts | Genus name Schizachyrium from schizo for "to split" in part. Species name scoparium from Latin scopa for "broom". SYN: Andropogon scoparius), AKA: Broom Beardgrass, Prairie Beardgrass, Broom, Wiregrass |
| Notes & Reference | #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Black and Judziewicz), #137-Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum (Theodore S Cochrane, Kandis Elliot, Claudia Lipke), #138- Grasses an Identification Guide (Lauren Brown) |
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