Schizachyrium condensatum(Kunth) Nees

Colombian bluestem

WFO wfo-0000898074 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Schizachyrium condensatum, photographed by demianlescano
fig. a demianlescano, CC0 1.0 / 2020-09-28 / obs. 97783155
Schizachyrium condensatum, photographed by patriciabenitez
fig. b patriciabenitez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 132028730
Schizachyrium condensatum, photographed by patriciabenitez
fig. c patriciabenitez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 132028442
Schizachyrium condensatum, photographed by Romi Galeota Lencina
fig. d Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100698684

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Schizachyrium condensatum is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorEl SalvadorParaguayPeruUruguay
Native distribution of Schizachyrium condensatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Uruguay URU
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 27 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Anatherum pedunculosum Desv.
  • Andropogon condensatus Kunth
  • Andropogon condensatus f. condensatus
  • Andropogon condensatus f. lactiflorus Hack.
  • Andropogon condensatus subsp. condensatus
  • Andropogon condensatus subsp. corymbosus Hack.
  • Andropogon condensatus subvar. exserens Hack.
  • Andropogon condensatus subvar. lactiflorus Hack.
  • Andropogon condensatus subvar. latens Hack.
  • Andropogon condensatus subvar. typicus Hack.
  • Andropogon condensatus var. condensatus
  • Andropogon condensatus var. genuinus Hack.
  • Andropogon condensatus var. typicus Hack.
  • Andropogon lhotzkyi Steud. ex E.Fourn.
  • Andropogon paniculatus var. paniculatus
  • Andropogon rectirhachis E.Fourn.
  • Cymbopogon condensatus (Kunth) Spreng.
  • Schizachyrium bimucronatum Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.
  • Schizachyrium condensatum var. condensatum
  • Schizachyrium condensatum var. lactiflorum (Hack.) Kuntze
  • Schizachyrium lactiflorum (Hack.) Herter
  • Schizachyrium microstachyum subsp. microstachyum
  • Schizachyrium mucronatum Roseng., B.R.Arrill. & Izag.
  • Schizachyrium paniculatum (Kunth) Herter

and 3 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.