Poaceae
Hairy grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bouteloua
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hairy grama
Synonyms
- Actinochloa hirsuta (Lag.) Roem. & Schult.
- Atheropogon hirtus Spreng.
- Atheropogon papillosus Engelm.
- Bouteloua aschenborniana Griseb. ex E.Fourn.
- Bouteloua bolanderi Vasey
- Bouteloua foenea (Torr.) J.M.Bigelow
- Bouteloua glandulosa (Cerv.) Swallen
- Bouteloua hirsuta f. vivipara Beetle
- Bouteloua hirsuta var. glandulosa (Cerv.) Gould
- Bouteloua hirsuta var. minor Vasey
- Bouteloua hirsuta var. palmeri Beal
- Bouteloua hirta Scribn. ex Vasey
- Bouteloua hirta Lag.
- Bouteloua hirta var. minor (Vasey) L.H.Dewey
- Bouteloua hirticulmis Scribn.
- Bouteloua palmeri Vasey
- Bouteloua papillosa (Engelm.) Torr.
- Bouteloua quiriegoensis Beetle
- Chloris hispida P.Durand
- Chondrosum aschenbornianum Nees
- Chondrosum drummondii E.Fourn.
- Chondrosum foeneum Torr.
- Chondrosum hirsutum (Lag.) Sweet
- Chondrosum hirsutum var. glandulosum (Cerv.) R.W.Pohl
- Chondrosum hirtum Kunth
- Chondrosum papillosum (Engelm.) Torr.
- Erucaria glandulosa Cerv.
- Erucaria hirsuta (Lag.) Cerv.
- Erucaria longifolia Cerv.
- Eutriana hirta Trin.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.