Pronunciation: boo-tel-OO-a TRI-fi-da
Common name: Red grama
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Dry rocky often calcareous slopes and
scrubby places to 6500', eastern desert mountains,
RARE in California
Blooming period: May to September
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Bouteloua
(2) trifida