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Melica transsilvanica is a perennial wild grass of the Poaceae family, found across Europe and temperate Asia, with slender rhizomes and tufted growth. It is a native meadow grass rather than a commonly grown garden or houseplant, so care is mostly about giving it open, dry to moderately dry, sunny conditions.
Melica transsilvanica is a species of grass found in Europe and temperate Asia, including Caucasus and China.
In central Asia the species is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and northern part of Iran. It is also found in Xinjiang, China and Asian part of Russia. In Europe, it is present in such countries as Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, and Switzerland. It subspecies Melica transsilvanica transsilvanica is found only in Moldova and Ukraine.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melica transsilvanica 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.
