POACEAE
Bouteloua curtipendula
Common Name: Side-oats Grama
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spikelets--notice how they hang down and look like miniature oats (giving rise to the common name: side-oats grama) | spikelets in flower--the anthers are red in this species! |
spikelets closeup--find the feathery stigmas and the red anthers | habit--B. curtipendula is a bunchgrass |
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habit and habitat--side-oats grama grows on dry slopes all over the eastern half of the U.S., and is the state grass of Texas | |