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Texas dropseed

Sporobolus texanus

Texas dropseed
Photo: USDA NRCS, Public domain

Texas dropseed is a native perennial bunchgrass of the western United States, used in rangeland seed mixes and erosion control. It is a hardy wild grass rather than an ornamental houseplant, valued for tolerating poor and saline soils.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; it tolerates dry spells well.
Soil
Tolerates poor, saline and alkaline soils, including disturbed ground.
How easy
Easy
Native range
WC. & C. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Sporobolus texanus is a species of grass known by the common name Texas dropseed. It is native to the western United States.

This species is a perennial bunchgrass with fibrous roots. The stems grow 20 to 70 cm (7.9 to 27.6 in) long and may be erect or decumbent. The leaf blades are up to 18 cm long, but are generally shorter. The panicle is an open array of thin branches bearing tiny purplish spikelets.

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 texanus 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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