Details for: PI 539858, Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus, 'PRAIRIE'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus

Cultivar:

'PRAIRIE'

Origin:

Developed – Texas, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

29 Mar 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus

Cultivar:

'PRAIRIE'

Origin:

Developed – Texas, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

29 Mar 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

Texas, United States

Developer(s):

Donated

29 March 1990.
Texas, United States

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

'PRAIRIE'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Vegetatively produced turf type. Produces female inflorescences prolifically but no viable seed in absence of compatible pollen source. Male inflorescences are absent. Blue/green, dense, fine-textured, stoloniferous with mature plant height 10-15cm. Color and mature plant height dependent on level of management. Spreads faster and more dense and uniform in visual appearance than other commercially available buffalograss cultivars. Competitive against weeds and other grasses. Cold and heat tolerance excellent. Drought resistant.

Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus

Genus:

Bouteloua

Section:

Buchloe

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Cynodonteae

Subtribe:

Boutelouinae

Nomen number:

418957

Place of publication:

Aliso 18:63. 1999

Verified:

10/15/2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Sesleria dactyloides Nutt.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.
Bulbilis dactyloides (Nutt.) Raf. ex Kuntze

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	buffalo grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	herbe aux bisons	as Buchloe dactyloides	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
German	Büffelgras	as Buchloe dactyloides	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
Portuguese (Brazil)	capim-erva-de-búfalo	as Buchloe dactyloides	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	hierba búfalo	as Buchloe dactyloides	2	Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
Spanish	zacate búfalo	as Buchloe dactyloides	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Buchloe dactyloides
Swedish	bisongräs		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 15 Oct 2001, from Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm. to Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus