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Sporobolus jacquemontii
Also called American Ratstail Grass, Cat's Tail Dropseed, Cat's Tail Grass, Giant Ratstail Grass, Narrow Plumed Dropseed, Giant Rat's Tail Grass
A tufted perennial grass native to the Americas, valued as an ornamental and sometimes naturalised as a weed. It grows best in full sun with well-drained soil and little fuss once established.
Sporobolus jacquemontii, commonly known as American rat's tail grass, is a species of grass native to the southeastern United States, Central and South America. It has become a weed in Queensland in Australia.
Sporobolus schoenoides · Modest prickle grass · Sporobolus pumilus · Cordgrass · Alkali sacaton · Atlantic Cordgrass · Common Cord-grass · Prairie dropseed · Pan dropseed · West Indian Dropseed · Salt grass · Dropseed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sporobolus jacquemontii 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.
