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Melica racemosa is a perennial tufting grass from South Africa and Lesotho, with open, branched flower panicles, grown mainly as a wild species rather than a garden plant. It is adapted to hills and mountain slopes and flowers from September to April.
Melica racemosa is a species of grass that is native to South Africa and Lesotho.
Melica racemosa grows on hills and mountain slopes. The flowers bloom from September to April.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melica racemosa 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.
