Native Plants

Plant Database

Search for native plants by scientific name, common name or family. If you are not sure what you are looking for, try the Combination Search or our Recommended Species lists.

Enter a Plant Name:
Or you can choose a plant family:

Strickland, Sam C.

Tridens buckleyanus

Tridens buckleyanus (L.H. Dewey) Nash

Buckley's Fluffgrass, Buckley's Tridens

Poaceae (Grass Family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: TRBU

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

From the Image Gallery

4 photo(s) available in the Image Gallery

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Root Type: Fibrous
Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Leaf Venation: Parallel
Fruit Type: Caryopsis
Size Notes: Up to about 2 feet tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Green , Purple
Bloom Time: Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep
Bloom Notes: Spikelets pale to dark purple. Individual florets inconspicuous.

Distribution

USA: TX

Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Additional resources

USDA: Find Tridens buckleyanus in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Tridens buckleyanus in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Tridens buckleyanus

Metadata

Record Modified: 2022-12-02
Research By: TWC Staff

Go back