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Chrysopogon gryllus is a perennial bunchgrass in the grass family, native to Europe and parts of temperate and tropical Asia, growing 50 to 150 cm tall. It is a wild grass rather than a commonly grown garden or houseplant, so care advice here is general.
Chrysopogon gryllus is a perennial bunchgrass of the family Poaceae, native to Europe and tropical and temperate Asia.
The grass grows to 50–150 cm (20–59 in) in height. Spikelets are associated in threes, of which the fertile one is unisexual with the other two staminal or not completely developed. The fruit is corn seed.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysopogon gryllus 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.
