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Digitaria brownii
Also called Cotton Grass, Silver Spike Grass, Weeping Cotton Grass
Cotton Panic Grass (Digitaria brownii) is a perennial grass from Australia, grown for its soft, silvery-white flower spikelets. It thrives in sun and well-drained sandy or loamy soil and tolerates dry conditions.
Digitaria brownii, also known as cotton grass or cotton panic grass, is a species of perennial grass in the genus of Digitaria.
Digitaria brownii is indigenous to all states of Australia except for Tasmania. Additionally, it has been introduced to India. It grows well in sandy and loamy clay soils.
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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.
