Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana
Bothriochloa laguroides (DC.) Herter ssp. torreyana (Steud.) Allred & Gould
Silver Bluestem, Silver Beardgrass, Silver Beard Grass
Poaceae (Grass Family)
USDA Symbol: BOLATUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Bothriochloa languroides var. torreya
Silver Bluestem
Poaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, TX.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: West facing hill in full sun with stoney soil with good dirt and a little humus.
Description: Perennial bunchgrass to 80 cm tall in clumps. Leaves, stems and spikelets glaucous. Glumes ovate, relatively broad and blunt.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Jun 7, 1995
Specimen number: 168
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1034
Accession Date: Aug 6, 1995
Accession Number: 84
Annotations: S-FRB (In fruit)