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Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula

Sideoats Grama is a bunchy, sod-forming grass with 2-3 ft. stems in erect, wiry clumps. Purplish, oat-like spikelets uniformly line one side of the stem, bleaching to a tan color in the fall. The basal foliage often turns shades of purple and red in ...… read more

Black Grama
Bouteloua eriopoda

A tufted grass with 16-24 in., wiry, white-woolly culms becoming widely spreading. Ascending spikes, 4 or 5 per culm, are each about an inch long.… read more

Blue Grama
Bouteloua gracilis (Chondrosum gracilis)

The numerous spikelets of this grass are arranged along one side of stalks that rise above a curly mass of very thin leaves. Flowers: tiny, lacking petals; stamens 3; styles 2. Flowers enclosed by scales, the scales grouped into spikelets about 1/4" ...… read more

Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta

The dense clumps of this perennial are made up of 10-18 in., erect, leafy based stems. Oat-like seeds are borne in a curved seedhead with a pointed tip.… read more

Eastern Mock Grama
Tripsacum dactyloides

Usually 2-3 ft. in height, Eastern Mock Grama can grow 10 ft. tall. It is interesting primarily for its terminal inflorescences which have separate male and female flowers. Stigmas are purple; stamens orange. The plant is a perennial.… read more

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