Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Bouteloua barbata Lagasca
(Sixweeks Grama)
Family: Poaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
By var., see Allred
Bouteloua barbata is a common annual grass of lower elevation
alluvial plains. It is short and rather frail in appearance. The branches
of the panicle are more ascending than other Bouteloua species.
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Bouteloua barbata, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Knight Pk., Oct. 6, 2007
Bouteloua barbata, detail of spikelets, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Knight Pk., Oct. 6, 2007
Bouteloua barbata, annual root system, Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Pancho Cyn., Nov. 17, 2007
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