Sideoats Grama

A resilient native native Texas grass & sedge that provides year-round foliage and structure to the landscape. Native across the Central Great Plains, Chihuahuan Deserts, Cross Timbers, East Central Texas Plains, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, High Plains, Southern Texas Plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Texas Blackland Prairies, and Western Gulf Coastal Plain, Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) thrives in local conditions while supporting the surrounding ecosystem. Distinguished by dark foliage that is green, blue-green, sometimes turning purple or red in fall, it offers an exceptional visual and tactile texture. During summer and fall, the plant produces orange, red, yellow flower clusters. Flowering is followed by tan, ivory that add vibrant visual contrast and seasonal interest. It plays a vital ecological role as a larval host plant for Central Texas butterflies, including Grass-Skippers and Satyrs. Provides bird food, nesting material, and cover, as well as graze for mammals. Thriving in clay, dry, limestone, loam, moist, sand, and well drained, Sideoats Grama demonstrates outstanding hardiness once established. It requires minimal supplemental water and adapts seamlessly to drought conditions. It features high deer resistance.