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Agrostis castellana
Also called Highland Bent, Dryland Browntop
Highland bent is a cool-season perennial grass, widely grown in temperate lawns, pastures and sports turf, and invasive in some regions. It thrives in cool, moist conditions and tolerates close mowing.
Agrostis castellana, the highland bent, dryland bent or dryland browntop, is a species of cool-season grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Macaronesia and the Mediterranean, has been widely introduced elsewhere, and is considered an invasive species in some locales. It is a hyperaccumulator of zinc and lead.
Redtop · Seashore bentgrass · Rough bentgrass · Creeping bentgrass · Bentgrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agrostis castellana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
