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Lilaeopsis occidentalis
Also called Western Lilaeopsis, Lilaeopsis Ruthiana, Mason's Lilaeopsis
Western grasswort is a small, grass-like perennial of tidal brackish and salt marshes on the Pacific coast of North America. It needs wet, saturated soil or shallow water and is rarely grown outside its natural habitat.
Lilaeopsis occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common name western grasswort. It is native to the coastline western North America from far southern Alaska to California, where it grows in brackish and salt marshes. This is a perennial herb producing a tuft of thready but stiff and erect grasslike leaves up to about 30 centimeters long from a rhizome network. The minute flowers are located in an umbel on a short stalk. They yield tiny round fruits only 1 or 2 millimeters wide.
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis · Mudflat quillplant · Schaffner's grasswort
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lilaeopsis occidentalis 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.
