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Avenella flexuosa
Also called Wavy hair-grass, Crinkled Hairgrass
Wavy hair-grass (Avenella flexuosa) is a low, tufted perennial bunchgrass native to temperate Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, found on moors, heaths and under birch and oak woodland. It thrives in acidic, free-draining soil and is grown mainly as a wild or naturalistic garden grass rather than a houseplant.
Avenella flexuosa, commonly known as wavy hair-grass, is a species of bunchgrass in the grass family widely distributed in Eurasia, Africa, South America, and North America.
Avenella flexuosa is found naturally in dry grasslands and on moors and heaths.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Avenella flexuosa 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.
