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Snow grass

Poa sieberiana

Also called Fine Leaf Tussock Grass, Tussock Poa

Snow grass
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0

Poa sieberiana is a clump-forming perennial tussock grass native to south-eastern Australia and south-east Queensland, valued for its fine, silvery-grey foliage. It does best in full sun with good drainage and tolerates cold and dry conditions.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry between waterings; established plants need little extra water.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Hardy in cool to temperate conditions; tolerates frost, protect from prolonged waterlogging in cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Queensland to SE. Australia
Climate
temperate

About

Poa sieberiana, commonly known as grey tussock-grass and snow grass, is a species of tussock grass that is endemic to Australia.

The species was formally described in 1827 by German botanist Kurt Sprengel in Systema Vegetabilium.

Other Poa plants

Catalina grass · Catalina grass · Short bluegrass · Limestone Cushion Poa · Poa acinaciphylla · Grass Lane Cove River · Alpigene Bluegrass · Alpine bluegrass · Grove bluegrass · Hartz's Bluegrass · Narrow-leaved meadow-grass · Annual Meadow Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa sieberiana 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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