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Agrostis goughensis

Agrostis goughensis is a perennial grass from the remote sub-Antarctic islands of Gough and Inaccessible, part of Tristan da Cunha. It is a wild species of cool, windswept, oceanic islands and is not grown in gardens.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil moist in its native oceanic climate; regular rainfall supplies most needs.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil.
Temperature
5–15 °C; tolerates cold, wind and wet conditions.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Tristan da Cunda (Inaccessable I., Gough I.)
Climate
temperate

About

Agrostis goughensis is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is found on Gough Island.

Other Agrostis plants

Blasdale bentgrass · Velvet bentgrass · Colonial bentgrass · Bentgrass · Clavate bentgrass · Agrostis delislei · California bentgrass · Agrostis dyeri · Elliott's bentgrass · Spike bentgrass · Redtop · Hall's bentgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agrostis goughensis 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.

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