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Southern Holy Grass

Anthoxanthum brunonis

Southern Holy Grass
Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0

Southern Holy Grass is a perennial grass native to the South Island of New Zealand and the subantarctic Auckland and Campbell Islands. It is a wild species of cool, temperate and maritime habitats rather than a common garden plant.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, moisture-retentive soil or a gritty loam.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates cold, protect from prolonged heat above 25 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New Zealand South I., Antipodean Is.
Climate
temperate

About

Anthoxanthum brunonis is a species of grass, native to the South Island of New Zealand and to the Auckland and Campbell Islands.

It was first described in 1845 by Joseph Dalton Hooker as Hierochloë Brunonis, the specific epithet, brunonis, being chosen to honour Robert Brown.

Other Anthoxanthum plants

Annual vernalgrass · Anthoxanthum gracile · Anthoxanthum occidentale · Sweet vernalgrass · Sweet Holy Grass · Hornwort · Hierochloe australis · Anthoxanthum cupreum · Hierochloe odorata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthoxanthum brunonis 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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