Slender Grama
Bouteloua repensnative · Hill Country
Slender Grama is a grass native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5–2 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms not applicable in Apr–Dec. Good for birds.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0.5–2 ft
- Spread
- 1.5 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Dec · not applicable
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on dry, loam, rocky, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano Uplift
14 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.