Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Graphephorum flexuosum Thurb.

Common names:

• blowout grass  (Source: Grass US) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Environmental: erosion control

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Wyoming]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Utah (Kane & Uintah Cos.)]

References:

1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
2. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
3. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
4. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
5. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
6. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=30905. Accessed 3 July 2024.