scoparium
/skoh-PAIR-ee-um/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
A growth habit epithet describing a plant built of many slender, upright, closely set stems - the form of a twig broom rather than a spreading or open crown. This is the neuter form, paired with neuter genus names. Appears as scoparius (masculine), scoparia (feminine), or scoparium (neuter).
Example
“Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues' (The Blues Little Bluestem) forms the dense sheaf of fine upright stems the epithet describes.”