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Distichlis bajaensis, known as Baja grass, is a rare, rhizomatous perennial grass from a single salt marsh near Rosarito, Baja California. Little is known about growing it in cultivation, and it is best treated as a specialist salt-tolerant plant.
Distichlis bajaensis is a rare species of grass known by the common name Baja grass.
Distichlis bajaensis is endemic to Baja California, Mexico, where it is known from only one location in a salt marsh just outside Rosarito. The habitat is an arroyo with saline and alkaline soils which is grazed by goats and burros.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Distichlis bajaensis 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.
