Blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 38 cm
- wide
- 53 cm
Poaceae
Also called Blue Grama
Formerly Actinochloa gracilis, Atheropogon gracilis, Atheropogon oligostachyus, Bouteloua oligostachya, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. & C. Canada to MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 46 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- PurpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 格兰马草
- Simplified Chinese
- 格兰马草
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Bouteloua gracilis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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