Andropogon virginicus

Family	Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Scientific name	Andropogon virginicus L.
Synonyms	Anatherum virginicum (L.) Sprengel; Anatherum virginicum (L.) Sprengel subvar. tetrastachyum (Elliott) Roberty; Andropogon curtisianus Steudel; Andropogon dissitiflorus Michaux; Andropogon eriophorus Scheele; Andropogon louisianae Steudel; Andropogon tetrastachyus Elliott; Andropogon vaginatus Elliott; Andropogon virginicus L. subsp. genuinus Hackel; Andropogon virginicus L. subvar. ditior Hackel; Andropogon virginicus L. subvar. genuinus Hackel; Andropogon virginicus L. subvar. typicus Hackel; Andropogon virginicus L. var. genuinus Fernald & Griscom; Andropogon virginicus L. var. tetrastachyus (Elliott) Hackel; Andropogon virginicus L. var. vaginatus (Elliott) A. W. Wood; Andropogon virginicus L. var. viridis Hackel; Cinna lateralis Walter; Sorghum virginicum (L.) Kuntze
Common name	(Japanese common name) meriken-karukaya [American karukaya (karukaya = Themeda triandra Forsskål)]
	(English common name) broomsedge, broomsedge bluestem, whiskey grass
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
	(Other nations) [native] Canada, USA, Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia
Chromosomal number	2n=20
Description	Culms 50-80cm. Flowers flowering in September to October. Perennial plants.
Reference	Andropogon virginicus L.
	Andropogon virginicus L.
	Andropogon virginicus L.
	Method for the enhancement of seedhead suppression in turf (US Patent 6043195/2000)
Note	Naturalized plants (first reported in 1942). Invasive plants.

September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden

September 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	September 2007 at lowland field	October 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden