Sonoran Desert Plants - Bouteloua aristidoides (Six-weeks needle grama, aceitilla, navajita)

Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants
Bouteloua aristidoides (Six-weeks needle grama, aceitilla, navajita)

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Life Form: annual grass
Leaf Description: grasslike leaves
Flower Color: green
Flowering Period: June to Oct.
Spines: spineless
Family: Poaceae (grass family)

References

"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
    page 1287

"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert", Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Steven J. Phillips, Patricia Wentworth Comus. 2000. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press, Tucson
    page 268

"Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwest Mexico (Southwest Center Series)", Richard Felger, 2001. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
    page 519
    page 498

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Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association
Sonoran Desert Plants
Bouteloua aristidoides (Six-weeks needle grama, aceitilla, navajita)