Family: Poaceae
            
                Scientific Name: Schizachyrium scoparium Carousel
            
                Common Name: Little Blue Stem Carousel
            
    
    
            
            
    
            
            
                
    
    
    
    
     
    
 
        
    
    
    
        
            
            
                | Description | A dwarf some what mounded Little Blue Stem cultivar. | 
                | Pronunciation | (skits-ah-KEER-ee-um)(skoh-PAIR-ee-um) | 
                | Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental | 
                | Hardiness Zone | 3-9 | 
                | Sunlight | full, avoid shade | 
                | Moisture | average | 
                | Soil & Site | average, dry, well drained, sandy | 
                | Flowers | inflorescence a single raceme, 5-20 pairs of spikelets, copper, pink, tan, and dark orange-red. | 
                | Leaves | beige | 
                | Stems | beige, resists lodging | 
                | Roots | fiborous | 
                | Dimensions | 3 by 30 inches, mounded | 
                | Propagation | PP#20948, division | 
                | Native Site | The species Little Blue Stem is native to North American prairies. | 
                | Cultivar Origin | Donald Boehm at Boehm's Garden Center in Rushville, Illinois (USA) | 
                | Misc Facts | Genus name Schizachyrium from schizo for "to split" in part. Species name scoparium from Latin scopa for "broom". (syn Andropogon scoparius) | 
                | Notes & Reference | Chicagoland Grows fact bulliten | 
        
        
        
     
    
                
	        
            
            
                
            
        
    
    
    
         
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