Poaceae
Blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bouteloua
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Blue grama
Synonyms
- Actinochloa gracilis (Kunth) Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Atheropogon gracilis (Kunth) Spreng.
- Atheropogon oligostachyus Nutt.
- Bouteloua gracilis f. pallida (Beal) B.Boivin
- Bouteloua gracilis var. major (Vasey) Beetle
- Bouteloua gracilis var. stricta (Vasey) Hitchc.
- Bouteloua major Vasey
- Bouteloua oligostachya (Nutt.) Torr. ex A.Gray
- Bouteloua oligostachya var. intermedia Vasey
- Bouteloua oligostachya var. major Vasey
- Bouteloua oligostachya var. pallida Beal
- Bouteloua stricta Vasey
- Chondrosum gracile Kunth
- Chondrosum gracile var. polystachyum Nees
- Chondrosum oligostachyum (Nutt.) Torr.
- Chondrosum strictum (Vasey) Wipff
- Eutriana gracilis (Kunth) Trin.
- Eutriana oligostachya (Nutt.) Kunth
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: SEWilco, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, 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: monahan.mmaymo, 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: monahan.mmaymo, 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: monahan.mmaymo, 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: monahan.mmaymo, 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: monahan.mmaymo, 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, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.