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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 sometimes 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 has three awns at the tip.
Grass
12 in Tall
Purple, Red
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 2 likely
Orange Skipperling
Copaeodes aurantiaca
Pahaska Skipper
Hesperia pahaska