Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Sorghastrum nutans
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash
Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass
Poaceae (Grass Family)
USDA Symbol: SONU2USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
click to enlarge
Specimen & Label Data
Sorghastrum nutans
Yellow Indian Grass
Poaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Top of west facing hill, rocky stoney, but good humus; afternoon shade. humus
Description: Tall single stemmed perennial to 1.2 m tall; blades elongate, flat, 8 mm wide, panicle narrow, rust colored, dense, 20 cm long; spikelet 6-8 mm long lanceloate, hursute, awn 10-15 mm.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Nov 4, 1994
Specimen number: 134
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0981
Accession Date: Nov 23, 1994
Accession Number: 77
Annotations: FRW 1995 S-FRB [=S. avenaceum]
(In fruit)