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Polypogon viridis
Also called Water Bent, Water Bent Grass, Water Beardgrass
Beardless rabbitsfoot grass (Polypogon viridis) is a perennial true grass that grows in wet or damp places and can reach about 0.43 m. It is best suited to moist, sunny to part-shaded sites rather than dry ground.
Polypogon viridis, the beardless rabbitsfoot grass, water bent, is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae (true grasses). They have a self-supporting growth form and simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 0.43 m. They are native to southern Europe, Macaronesia, North and East Africa, western and central Asia, India, Yunnan, and Vietnam.
It is a common established neophyte in the UK.
Chilean rabbitsfoot grass · Streambank rabbitsfoot grass · Ditch rabbitsfoot grass · Fuegian Bent · Mediterranean rabbitsfoot grass · Annual rabbitsfoot grass · Polypogon subspathaceus · Polypogon tenellus · Rabbitsfoot grass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polypogon viridis 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.
