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Poaceae

Hairy grama

Bouteloua hirsuta Lag.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Bouteloua

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Hairy grama: Bouteloua hirsuta (Familia: Poaceae). Nombre común: grama. Un tipo de pasto. Vista en Dolores Hidalgo, México.
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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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

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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.