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Grass-leaved patersonia is a clump-forming, rhizomatous herb from south-west Western Australia, grown for its grass-like leaves and pale violet flowers. It needs well-drained soil and full sun to part shade, and does best in a mild climate.
Patersonia graminea, commonly known as grass-leaved patersonia, is a species of plant in the iris family Iridaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a clump-forming herb with linear, grass-like leaves and pale violet tepals.
Grass-leaved patersonia grows in heath and scrub on sandplains and granite outcrops from the coast of south-western Western Australia near the Murchison River to near Watheroo, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions.
Patersonia argyrea · Patersonia babianoides · Patersonia borneensis · Patersonia drummondii · Short Purple Flag · Leafy Purple Flag · Patersonia inaequalis · Rush Leaved Patersonia · Woolly Patersonia · Patersonia limbata · Patersonia macrantha · Patersonia maxwellii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Patersonia graminea 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.
