Bouteloua hirsuta

Bouteloua hirsuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Bouteloua
Species:	B. hirsuta
Binomial name
Bouteloua hirsuta Lag.

Bouteloua hirsuta, commonly known as hairy grama, is a perennial short prairie grass that is native throughout much of North America, including the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies region, as well as Mexico and Guatemala.

Description

Bouteloua hirsuta is a warm-season grass growing 10-20 inches tall, and grows well on mountainous plateaus, rocky slopes, and sandy plains. The leaf blade is flat or slightly rolled; narrow; mostly basal; margins hairy. The leaf sheath is rounded, smooth, and shorter than internodes. The seedhead is 1 to 4 spikes, purplish before maturity, about 1 inch long; rachis extends beyond spikelets. It is used primarily for grazing.

References and external links

Media related to Bouteloua hirsuta at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Bouteloua hirsuta at Wikispecies

• USDA Plants Profile entry - Bouteloua hirsuta
• USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry: Bouteloua hirsuta
• Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gould, F. W. 1979. The genus Bouteloua (Poaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66:394.
• Herrera A., Y. et al. 2004. Revisión de Bouteloua Lag. (Poaceae).
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16.