Fountain grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides · Family: Poaceae
- Light
- sun
- Watering
- low
- Hardy to
- -10 °C
- Soil
- any
Where it grows on Tenerife
Grows in: North, 300–1000 m · South, 300–1000 m
Indicative conditions, reviewed by Marianna.
Photos
Origin and history
Native to East Asia and Australia. Not to be confused with Pennisetum setaceum (fountain grass), which is listed as invasive in the Canaries and banned.
Written for this site, pending Marianna's review.
From Wikipedia
Cenchrus alopecuroides, previously Pennisetum alopecuroides (Pen-ih-SEE-tum al-oh-pek-yur-OY-deez), commonly known as the Chinese pennisetum, Chinese fountaingrass, dwarf fountain grass, foxtail fountain grass, or swamp foxtail grass, is a species of perennial grass native to Asia and Australia. The culms are erect, and 60–100 cm long. The leaf-blades are erect or drooping; flat, or conduplicate (folded lengthwise) or involute (spiral); and from 10 to 45 cm long by 3–6 mm wide.
The Latin specific epithet alopecuroides means "like the genus Alopecurus (foxtail)".
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