Sorghastrum secundum(Elliott) Nash

lopsided Indiangrass

WFO wfo-0000900112 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sorghastrum secundum, photographed by Connie Nagele
fig. a Connie Nagele, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-19 / obs. 165686663
Sorghastrum secundum, photographed by Stephanie C
fig. b Stephanie C, CC0 1.0 / obs. 163698398
Sorghastrum secundum, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. c Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102079745
Sorghastrum secundum, photographed by meflowers900
fig. d meflowers900, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101737717
Sorghastrum secundum, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. e Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101409397
Sorghastrum secundum, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. f Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101408589
Sorghastrum secundum, photographed by Michael W Belitz
fig. g Michael W Belitz, CC0 1.0 / obs. 99883000
Sorghastrum secundum, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. h Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54814067

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Sorghastrum secundum is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Bahamas AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaKansasLouisianaMississippiSouth Carolina Bahamas
Native distribution of Sorghastrum secundum, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Kansas KAN
Louisiana LOU
Mississippi MSI
South Carolina SCA
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA

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 5 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.

  • Andropogon secundus Elliott
  • Andropogon unilateralis Hack.
  • Chrysopogon secundus (Elliott) Benth. ex Vasey
  • Sorghum nutans subvar. secundum (Elliott) Roberty
  • Sorghum secundum (Elliott) Chapm.

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.

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