Bouteloua curtipendula

Bouteloua curtipendula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Bouteloua
Species:	B. curtipendula
Binomial name
	Bouteloua curtipendula; (Michx.) Torr.
Synonyms
	Synonymy Chloris curtipendula Michx. ; Andropogon curtipendulus (Michx.) Spreng. ex Steud. ; Atheropogon curtipendulus (Michx.) E. Fourn. ; Cynodon curtipendulus (Michx.) Raspail ; Dinebra curtipendula (Michx.) P. Beauv. ; Eutriana curtipendula (Michx.) Trin. ; Atheropogon acuminatus E.Fourn. ; Atheropogon affinis (Hook.f.) E.Fourn. ; Atheropogon apludoides Willd. ; Atheropogon racemosus (Lag.) Roem. & Schult. ; Bouteloua acuminata (E.Fourn.) Griffiths ; Bouteloua melicoides P.Beauv. ; Bouteloua racemosa Lag. ; Chloris secunda (Pursh) Eaton ; Cynodon melicoides Raspail ; Cynosurus secundus Pursh ; Dineba melicoides P.Beauv. ; Dinebra melicoides P.Beauv. ; Dinebra secunda (Pursh) Roem. & Schult. ; Erucaria glabra Cerv. ; Eutriana affinis Hook.f. ; Eutriana gracilis Hook.f. 1847 not (Kunth) Trin. 1824 ; Eutriana racemosa (Lag.) Trin. ex E.Fourn. ; Heterostega curtipendula (Michx.) Schwein. ex Hook.f. ; Melica curtipendula (Michx.) Steud. ;

Bouteloua curtipendula, commonly known as sideoats grama, is a perennial, short prairie grass that is native throughout the temperate and tropical Western Hemisphere, from Canada south to Argentina.

The species epithet comes from Latin curtus "shortened" and pendulus "hanging".

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