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Blue Wheat Grass

Anthosachne aprica

Blue Wheat Grass
Photo: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0

Anthosachne aprica is a large, glaucous, tussock-forming perennial grass endemic to the inland basins of Central Otago in New Zealand's South Island. It is grown mainly as a native ornamental or for restoration planting, and it needs full sun and well-drained soil.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or stony soil; tolerates poor, dry ground.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters typical of the Central Otago climate; protect young plants from prolonged frost and heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
New Zealand South I.
Climate
temperate

About

Anthosachne aprica is a species of true grass of the tribe Triticeae. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Where it grows

A. aprica is endemic to the inland basins of Central Otago.

Other Anthosachne plants

Dryland Blue Grass · Blue Grass · Anthosachne sacandros · Common Wheatgrass · Blue Wheatgrass · Blue Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthosachne aprica 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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