Sorghastrum nutans (Indian grass)

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Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash

Indian grass, indiangrass

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Andropogon nutans L.
Sorghastrum avenaceum (Michx.) Nash

8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 28 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts

7/31/2025 · Schiller Center for Coastal Studies, Orr’s Island, Maine · ≈ 7 × 10″ (17 × 25 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 15 cm)

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 2 × 1′ (62 × 41 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (11 × 17 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 9″ (14 × 22 cm)

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts

7/31/2025 · Schiller Center for Coastal Studies, Orr’s Island, Maine · ≈ 5 × 8″ (12 × 20 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Sorghastrum
Species	nutans	Nodding or drooping, usually the flowers

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Sorghastrum nutans description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.