Poaceae
Sideoats grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bouteloua
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 垂穗草
- English
- Sideoats grama
- Finnish
- Nuokkugammaheinä
- nv
- Tłʼoh łichíʼí
- Polish
- Butelua groniasta
- Spanish
- Aristida minuta, Aristida secunda, Cynosurus secundus, Erucaria glabra, Heterostega curtipendula, Heterostegon curtipendula
Synonyms
- Andropogon curtipendulus (Michx.) Steud.
- Andropogon curtipendulus (Michx.) Spreng.
- Atheropogon curtipendulus (Michx.) E.Fourn.
- Chloris curtipendula Michx.
- Cynodon curtipendulus (Michx.) Raspail
- Dinebra curtipendula (Michx.) P.Beauv.
- Eutriana curtipendula (Michx.) Trin.
- Melica curtipendula (Michx.) Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 223 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Robbie Hannawacker, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: cigazze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Clifton Ladd, C.W.B., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lindsay Gehring, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Link, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Laura Holloway, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Link, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.