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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