Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.
Sideoats grama
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8/26/2014 · Northwest New Mexico Visitor Center, Grants, New Mexico · ≈ 6 × 9″ (15 × 22 cm) 
8/26/2014 · Northwest New Mexico Visitor Center, Grants, New Mexico · ≈ 6 × 8″ (15 × 20 cm) 
8/27/2014 · Sandy Walk, Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm) 
8/26/2014 · Lava Falls, Malpais National Monument, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 5 × 8″ (12 × 19 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
| Order | Cyperales | Flowering plants including grasses |
| Family | Poaceae | Grasses (but not sedges or rushes) |
| Genus | Bouteloua | Named after the brothers Claudio (1774-1842) and Estéban (1776-1813) Boutelou, Spanish botanists and horticulturists. Claudio was a professor of agriculture in Madrid and Esteban was possibly also |
| Species | curtipendula | Seemingly derived from the Latin curtus, “short, shortened, mutilated,” and pendulus, “hanging down or doubtful, uncertain,” of unknown application |
Bouteloua curtipendula description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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