Bouteloua curtipendula

"Side-oats grama"; a common grass throughout New Mexico with an inflorescence form rather different from that more typical in Bouteloua.

Inflorescences at Aguirre Springs on the east side of the Organ Mts., 10/1/05.

Inflorescences along NM 27 west of Hatch, 9/18/05.

Short, pendant branches of an inflorescence on the Pine Tree Trail at Aguirre Spring, 9/17/05.