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Polypogon maritimus
Also called Mediterranean Beard Grass, Coast Beard Grass, Southern Beard Grass
Mediterranean rabbitsfoot grass is a small annual grass of the Poaceae family, native to the Mediterranean and grown or naturalised in moist places elsewhere, with fluffy bristled flower heads. It is a wild grass of damp ground rather than a garden plant, so the key is moist, open, sunny sites.
Polypogon maritimus is a species of grass known by the common names Mediterranean beard grass and Mediterranean rabbitsfoot grass. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin. It is also known in other parts of the world, including Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, as an introduced species that can be found in moist habitat types. It is an annual grass producing stems up to half a meter tall. The inflorescence is a plumelike panicle up to 15 centimeters long containing many V-shaped spikelets with long awns.
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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.
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.
