Bouteloua curtipendula

Sideoats Grama

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Bouteloua
Species:	B. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Poales is an order of Flowering plants in the Monocotyledons and includes families of plants such as the grasses, Bromeliads, Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Bouteloua is a Genus of the grass family Poaceae. It includes Blue grama ( Bouteloua gracilis) curtipendula

Binomial name

Bouteloua curtipendula
(Michx.) Torr.

Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) is a perennial short prairie grass that is native throughout the temperate and tropical New World, from Canada south to Argentina. André Michaux (8 March 1746&ndashprobably 11 October 1802 was a French botanist and Explorer. John Torrey ( August 15, 1796 &ndash March 10, 1873) was an American botanist. A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than Prairie, from the French prairie ("meadow" "grassland" "pasture" refers to an area of land of low topographic relief that historically The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth specifically the Americas and Australia. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The foliage is blue green in color and has bright purple flowers. The small oat-like seeds develop on the side of the stalk. It is a warm season grass growing 30-100 cm (12-40 inches) tall and grows well on mountainous plateaus, rocky slopes and sandy plains. The grass is also drought and cold tolerant and is hardy in Zones 4-9. A hardiness zone is a geographically-defined zone in which a specific category of Plant life is capable of growing as defined by Temperature hardiness or ability It is considered a good foraging grass for livestock and is also good for erosion control.

Sideoats Grama is the state grass of Texas. The following is a list of official US state grass. See also Lists of U Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.

External links

Texas State Senate Citizen Handbook

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