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Burmann's Basketgrass

Oplismenus burmanni

Burmann's Basketgrass
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0

Burmann's basketgrass is a low, creeping grass of wet tropical and subtropical regions, often a weed of shaded, moist ground. It needs shade and consistently moist soil to do well.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich soil or a peat-based mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. Old World
Climate
wet tropical

About

Oplismenus burmannii (commonly known as Burmann's basketgrass) is a flowering plant that can be found in Florida and on Hawaii, but is native to Zimbabwe.

Other Oplismenus plants

Running mountaingrass · Basketgrass · Oplismenus thwaitesii · Wavyleaf basketgrass · Basketgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oplismenus burmannii 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.

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