Poaceae
Purple grama
Bouteloua radicosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bouteloua
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Purple grama
Synonyms
- Atheropogon bromoides (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
- Atheropogon radicosus E.Fourn.
- Bouteloua bromoides var. radicosa (E.Fourn.) L.H.Dewey
- Dinebra bromoides Kunth
- Eutriana bromoides (Kunth) Trin.
- Heterosteca festuciformis Bonpl. ex E.Fourn.
- Heterostega festuciformis Bonpl. ex E.Fourn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jaxeco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.