Introductory
SPECIES: Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama 



ABBREVIATION : 
BOUGRA

SYNONYMS : 
   Chondrosium gracile
   Actinochloa gracilis
   Eutriana gracilis
   Atheropogon gracilis
   Atheropogon oligostachyus
   Eutriana oligostachya
   Chondrosium oligostachyum
   Bouteloua oligostachya


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   BOGR2


COMMON NAMES : 
   blue grama
   narajita azul 
   white grama
   red grama
   purple grama


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of blue grama is Bouteloua
gracilis (H.B.K.) Lag. ex Steud.  Hitchcock [24] lists one variety:
Bouteloua gracilis var. stricta (Vasey) Hitchc.  This variety is
distinguished by four to six ascending to appressed spikes [24].


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
D. Tirmenstein, June 1987


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tirmenstein, D, A. 1987. Bouteloua gracilis. In: Remainder of Citation

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