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Paractaenum novae-hollandiae
Reflexed panic grass is a small annual grass from arid and semi-arid Western and Central Australia, growing 0.2 to 0.5 m tall. It is a wild desert species rather than a garden plant, so care is mostly about matching its dry, sandy habitat.
Paractaenum novae-hollandiae (common name - reflexed panic grass) is a grass (family Poaceae), native to Western Australia. It is an annual herb growing from 0.2 to 0.5 m high, on sands and loams. Its green-purple flowers may be seen from March to September.
It was first described in 1812 by Palisot de Beauvois, and is the type species of the genus.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paractaenum novae-hollandiae 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.
