Hairy Gramma (Bouteloua hirsuta)

 

Flower heads of Hairy Gramma (Bouteloua hirsuta). Photographs by Wynn Anderson.

• Common English Names: Hairy Gramma, Hairy Gramma Grass
• Common Spanish Names:
• Scientific Name: Bouteloua hirsuta (bow-tell-LOU-uh here-SU-tuh)
• Family: Poaceae (Grass Family)
• Geographic Range: Great Plains and east to eastern South Dakota to Illinois, south to New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana and south into Mexico; west into the southern Great Basin and California.
• Plant Form:Perennial short-grass.
• Remarks:

Last Update: 31 Mar 2006.