Chino Grama
Bouteloua ramosa
Chino grama is a tufted grama of rocky desert slopes with the genus's distinctive flag-like seed spikes. A tough, drought-proof bunchgrass for hot, lean, limestone soils.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- brown, purple
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- TX
Related native plants
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- Hairy Grama (Bouteloua hirsuta)
- Black Grama (Bouteloua eriopoda)