Bouteloua parryi


Bouteloua parryi, colloquially known as Parry's grama, is a grass species in the grama genus native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

Description

Parry's grama is annual grass that grows tall, although sometimes to. Flowers are born in inflorescences which consist of three to seven spicate branches per culm. They are blue-violet at maturity.

Taxonomy

Several varieties exist. B. parryi var. parryi is a stoloniferous perennial which has papillose hairs on its upper glumes. B. parryi var. gentryi differs in being a tufted annual.

Distribution

Parry's grama prefers rocky slopes or desert grasslands between and, although it can grow anywhere between sealevel and. It is present in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico.