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Bouteloua trifida
Bouteloua trifida is a species of grass known by the common name red grama. It is native to central and northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States, where it grows in desert scrub and other dry areas.
This is a small perennial grass growing up to about 30 centimeters in maximum height. It occasionally grows a small rhizome. The thready leaves are no more than 5 centimeters long. The inflorescence bears widely spaced spikelets which are reddish purple in color. Each spikelet has three awns at the tip.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bouteloua trifida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
