Bouteloua parryi, colloquially known as Parry's grama, is a grass species in the grama genus native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[1]
Parry's grama is annual grass that grows NaNcm (-2,147,483,648inches) tall, although sometimes to 80cm (30inches). Flowers are born in inflorescences which consist of three to seven spicate branches per culm. They are blue-violet at maturity.
Several varieties exist. B. parryi var. parryi is a stoloniferous perennial which has papillose hairs on its upper glumes. B. parryi var. gentryi differs in being a tufted annual.[2]
Parry's grama prefers rocky slopes or desert grasslands between 3000order=flipNaNorder=flip and 5500order=flipNaNorder=flip, although it can grow anywhere between sealevel and 2000m (7,000feet). It is present in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico.[3]