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Sporobolus pyramidalis
Also called American Ratstail Grass, Cat's Tail Dropseed, Cat's Tail Grass, Giant Ratstail Grass, Narrow Plumed Dropseed, Giant Rat's Tail Grass
West Indian Dropseed is a tall, clump-forming perennial grass from Africa and Yemen, grown as an ornamental and sometimes naturalised as a weed in eastern Australia. It needs full sun and well-drained soil in a warm climate.
Sporobolus pyramidalis is a species of grass native to Africa and Yemen. It does not have a distinct established English name, but it is one of the two species of giant rat's tail grasses. It has become a weed in eastern 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 pyramidalis 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.
