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Poa morrisii
Soft tussock grass is a perennial, clump-forming native grass of southeastern Australia, grown mainly in native and drought-tolerant gardens. It does best in full sun and well-drained soil, and it dislikes waterlogging.
Poa morrisii, commonly known as soft tussock-grass is a species of tussock grass that is endemic to Australia.
The species was formally described in 1970 by Australian botanist Joyce Winifred Vickery based on plant material collected in Sandringham, Victoria by P. Morris in 1939.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa morrisii 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.
