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Cyrtococcum

Cyrtococcum
Photo: R. O. Gardner, CC BY 4.0

Cyrtococcum is a genus of wild grasses from Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands, and its members are not commonly grown in gardens. Care advice is therefore general for the genus and mainly describes wild-type grasses of shaded to open tropical ground.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile garden soil or a light general-purpose mix.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

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Cyrtococcum is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyrtococcum 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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