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Pennisetum villosum
Also called Feathertop, Feathertop Grass, Feather Grass, Long Style Feather Grass, White Foxtail
Feathertop grass is a clump-forming ornamental grass native to northeastern Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, grown for its fluffy white bristled flower heads. It is hardy in mild or coastal areas and is often grown as an annual elsewhere.
Cenchrus longisetus, previously Pennisetum villosum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, known by the common name feathertop grass or just feathertop. It is native to northeastern Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, and it is grown elsewhere as an ornamental plant. It can sometimes be found growing wild where it has escaped cultivation. This is a perennial grass growing in rhizomatous clumps, producing erect stems up to about 75 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a panicle of clustered spikelets surrounded by a cloudlike mass of plumose white bristles up to 5 centimeters long.
The Latin specific epithet villosum means "with soft hairs".
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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.
