Family Poaceae
Andropogon gerardii Vitman
big blue-stem, turkey-foot
Andropogon: from Greek andros, meaning "man's," and pogon, meaning "beard," probably because of the hairy appearance produced by the seed heads by the sterile glumes
gerardii: for Louis Gerard, French botanist from late 1700's to early 1800's who was the first to describe this species technically
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