Indiangrass

Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash, in Small, Fl
SE. U. S. 66. 1903.
Andropogon nutans I/. Sp. PI. 1045. 1753.
ISiipa villosa Walt. Fl. Car. 78. 1788.
Andropogon avenaceus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 58. 1803.
Andropogon ciliatus Bll. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1 : 144. 1816.
Sorgum nutans A. Gray, Man. 617. 1848.
Sorgum avenaceum. Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 583. 1860.
Andropogon confertus Trin.; Fourti. Mex. PI. Gram. 55. 1881.

Andropogon albescens Fourn. Mex. PI. Gram. 56. 1881
Chrysopogon nutans Benth. ; Vasey, Grasses U. S. 20. 1883.
Chrysopogon avenaceus Benth.; Vasey, Grasses U. S. 20. 1883.
Andropogon nutans avenaceus Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 : 530. 1889.
Sorghastrum. avenaceum, Nash, in Britton, Man. 71. 1901.
Stems 1-2.5 m. tall; leaf-sheaths usually smooth and glabrous, or the lowermost ones sometimes pubescent; blades 6 dm. long or less, up to 15 mm, wide, rough; panicle 2-5 dm. long, loose, the apex usually nodding, its branches erect or nearly so, at least the lower ones much exceeding the internodes of the axis, 7-10 cm. long, the ultimate divisions straight; spikelets 6-8 mm. long, lanceolate, golden-brown at maturity, hirsute, the awn of the fomth scale geniculate, 1-1.5 cm. long, the column straight, usually not or but little exserted.
Type locality : Virginia.
Distribution: Rhode Island to Ontario, Manitoba, and South Dakota, and southward to