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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. Bouteloua curtipendula foliage is blue-green in color and the flowers are purple. The small, oat-like seeds develop on the side of the stalk.
Grass
3 ft Tall
Upright
Moderate
Yellow, Purple
Summer
Groundcover, Lawn alternative
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Low, Very Low
Moderate
Fast, Medium, Slow
Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay.
For propagating by seed: No treatment freshly harvested cleaned seeds need 3-4 mos. dry storage before sowing.
2, 3, 7*, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17, 18*, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24*
Dry, rocky places
Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 2 likely
Orange Skipperling
Copaeodes aurantiaca
Pahaska Skipper
Hesperia pahaska
Ridings' Satyr
Neominois ridingsii