Bouteloua gracilis (Willdenow ex Kunth) Lagasca y Segura ex Griffiths. Common name: Blue Grama. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Prairies, eastward in disturbed areas. Distribution: ON west to BC, south through c. and w. United States into Mexico (where widespread). Reported for SC (Gould 1979), but this is from a planting at an agricultural experiment station.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, ETx1, F, FNA25, Il, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, POWO, Tx, Gould (1979), Peterson, Romaschenko, & Herrera Arrieta (2015); = Bouteloua oligostachya (Nutt.) Torr. — S13; = Chondrosum gracile Kunth; = n/a — Pa, RAB; > Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths var. gracilis — HC. Basionym: Chondrosum gracile Kunth 1816
Links to other floras: = Bouteloua gracilis - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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native range: central & western North America to Mexico
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