Creeping Bluestem

Schizachyrium stoloniferum Nash, in Small, Fl. SE
U. S. 59. 1903.
A tall perennial, with long creeping rootstocks and long extravaginal innovations. Stems 6-10 dm. tall, branched; leaf-sheaths keeled, more or less hirsute on the margins near the summit; blades 2 dm. long or less, 2-5 mm. wide, smooth beneath, rough above and hirsute near the base; spike-like racemes 3-4 cm. long, the rachis straight or somewhat flexuous, the internodes one half to two thirds as long as the sessile spikelets, ciliate on the margins above with long grayish hairs, the pedicels usually longer than the internodes, ciliate on the margins above with long grayish hairs; sessile spikelet 6-7 mm. long, acuminate, the first scale usually very rough on the back, the fourth scale entire at the apex, the awn 8-10 mm. long, the column spiral, shorter than the subula, not exserted; pedicellate spikelet of a single scale about 3 mm. long, hispidulous, bearing an awn shorter than itself.
Type locality : Western Florida. Distribution : Florida,