Status: Native
Synonyms:
Atheropogon radicosus Fournier
Bouteloua radicosa is a perennial from a rhizome. It is recognizable in the field as a grama grass with 8mm long awns coming from the lemmas of the lower florets. Each branch is made up of spikelets with two florets, the lower one of which has a three-awned lemma. Bouteloua radicosa is not common, but is found along the dirt roadside in the Bill Evans Lake area.
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Bouteloua radicosa, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter, Richard Felger, Kelly Kindscher, Gene Jercinovic, Betty Griffin and the Gila Conservation Conference Field Trip, Burro Mtns., Bill Evans Lake, Oct. 18, 2008
Bouteloua radicosa, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter, Richard Felger, Kelly Kindscher, Gene Jercinovic, Betty Griffin and the Gila Conservation Conference Field Trip, Burro Mtns., Bill Evans Lake, Oct. 18, 2008
Bouteloua radicosa, branch, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter, Richard Felger, Kelly Kindscher, Gene Jercinovic, Betty Griffin and the Gila Conservation Conference Field Trip, Burro Mtns., Bill Evans Lake, Oct. 18, 2008
Bouteloua radicosa, micro of spikelets, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter, Richard Felger, Kelly Kindscher, Gene Jercinovic, Betty Griffin and the Gila Conservation Conference Field Trip, Burro Mtns., Bill Evans Lake, Oct. 18, 2008
Bouteloua radicosa, lemma with three awns 4-8mm, photo Russ Kleinman, Jack Carter, Richard Felger, Kelly Kindscher, Gene Jercinovic, Betty Griffin and the Gila Conservation Conference Field Trip, Burro Mtns., Bill Evans Lake, Oct. 18, 2008
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