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Ancistrachne

Ancistrachne
Photo: Ruth Palsson, CC BY-SA 4.0

Ancistrachne is a small genus of grasses from the Pacific region, including species from the Philippines, Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji. The sources give no cultivation details, so these notes are general for the group and not specific to any one species.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Part shade

About

Ancistrachne is a genus of plants in the grass family.

Species

Other Ancistrachne plants

Hooky grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ancistrachne 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.

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