Rames sparsely villous; internode hairs about as long as, but not
obscuring, the sessile spikelets. Lower glumes of sessile spikelets scabrous,
often with 2 conspicuous veins between the keels.
Andropogon ternarius var. ternarius grows in dry, sandy woods, fields,
openings, and roadsides of the southeastern United States and Mexico.