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|accepted_name=Bothriochloa laguroides
|accepted_authority=(DC.) Herter
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|common_names=Silver bluestem
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae;Bothriochloa;Bothriochloa laguroides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bothriochloa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Bothriochloa laguroides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 640
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>35-115(130) cm tall, usually less than 2 mm thick, erect or geniculate at the base, branched at maturity; nodes shortly hirsute, pilose with erect hairs, or glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> usually basal (sometimes cauline on robust plants), usually glaucous; ligules 1-3 mm; blades 5-25 cm long, 2-7 mm wide, flat to folded, mostly glabrous. <b>Panicles</b> 4-12(14) cm, narrowly oblong or lanceolate, silvery-white or light tan; rachises 4-8 cm, with more than 10 branches; branches 1-5.5 cm, erect-appressed, rarely with axillary pulvini, lower branches shorter than the rachises, usually with more than 1 rame; rame internodes with a groove wider than the margins, margins copiously hairy, hairs 3-9 mm, at least somewhat obscuring the spikelets. <b>Sessile</b> spikelets 2.5-4.5 mm, ovate, somewhat glaucous, apices blunt; lower glumes glabrous or hirtellous, rarely with a dorsal pit; awns 8-16 mm; anthers 0.6-1.4 mm. <b>Pedicellate</b> spikelets 1.5-2.5(3.5) mm, shorter than the sessile spikelets, sterile. <b>2n</b> = 60.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Ariz.;Kans.;Miss.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Tex.;La.;Ill.;Nev.;Nebr.;Tenn.;Colo.;Calif.;Ga.;Ind.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;S.C.;Ky.
|discussion=<p><i>Bothriochloa laguroides</i> grows in well-drained soils of grasslands, prairies, roadsides, river bottoms, and woodlands, often on limestone, usually at 20-2100 m. Plants from the United States and northern Mexico belong to <i>B. laguroides</i> <i></i>subsp.<i> torreyana</i> (Steud.) Allred & Gould, which differs from <i>B. laguroides</i> (DC.) Herter subsp. laguroides in its glabrous, or almost glabrous, nodes, long internode hairs, and pilose throat region. Occasional plants are found with spreading branches and axillary pulvini; they do not merit formal recognition. <i>Bothriochloa laguroides</i> <i></i>subsp.<i> torreyana</i> is used in landscaping. It does well on rocky slopes and sandy banks.</p><!--
--><p><i>Bothriochloa laguroides</i> has been confused with B. saccharoides (Sw.) Rydb., a more southern species that differs from <i>B. laguroides</i> in having pilose leaves, a narrow central groove in the internodes and pedicels, and panicle branches with axillary pulvini.</p>
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name=Bothriochloa laguroides
|authority=(DC.) Herter
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Hana Pazdírková
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Ariz.;Kans.;Miss.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Tex.;La.;Ill.;Nev.;Nebr.;Tenn.;Colo.;Calif.;Ga.;Ind.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;S.C.;Ky.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae
|genus=Bothriochloa
|species=Bothriochloa laguroides
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