Characteristics
Monocots
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.)Nash var. divergens (Hack.)Gould
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This taxon is recognized by its copiously hairy leaf sheaths and blades, although it apparently intergrades into var. scoparium (FNA, vol. 25).
Native

Classification
Citation
SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM (Michaux) Nash, var. DIVERGENS (Hackel) Gould, Brittonia 19: 73. 1967.
Andropogon scoparius Michaux, var. divergens Hackel 1889.
TEXAS: Jasper Co.: Without locality, 16 Oct 1987, Gandhi 339 (neotype: NLU; isoneotypes: GH, MO, NCU, NY, TAES, TEX, US). Neotypified by Gandhi & Smeins, Harvard Pap. Bot. 8: 68. 1996.