POACEAE

Bouteloua curtipendula

Common Name:  Side-oats Grama

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Bouteloua curtipendula spikelets1.jpg (40590 bytes)

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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!
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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