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Fairy Grass

Sporobolus caroli

Fairy Grass
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0

Fairy grass (Sporobolus caroli) is a small, tufted perennial grass native to inland Australia, grown mainly as an ornamental in dry, sunny gardens. It needs open sun and excellent drainage, and it tolerates drought well.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; established plants need little supplemental water.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, free-draining soil; tolerates poor, dry soils.
Temperature
Hardy in warm climates; tolerates heat and frost to roughly -5 °C once established; protect young plants from prolonged waterlogged cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Sporobolus caroli is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, Poaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common names fairy grass or yakka grass. It is a native to inland Australia and is an introduced species in Germany.

Other Sporobolus plants

Cumberland sandreed · Giant sandreed · Sporobolus schoenoides · Modest prickle grass · Pricklegrass · Swamp Canegrass · Sporobolus cynosuroides · Sporobolus pumilus · Sporobolus michauxianus · Sporobolus spartinae · Sporobolus × townsendii · Cordgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sporobolus caroli 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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