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Stipagrostis ciliata
Also called Tall Bushman Grass
Cape Bushman Grass (Stipagrostis ciliata) is a desert grass of the Poaceae family, 30 to 100 cm tall, that is annual or perennial depending on rainfall. It is grown mainly as a drought-tolerant ornamental or for dry-land restoration rather than as a typical garden lawn grass.
Stipagrostis ciliata, the tall bushman grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. The native range is from the Canary Islands, the Sahara desert to Pakistan. It occurs in Namibia's Namib Desert and the Kalahari. The grass grows 30–100 centimetres (12–39 in) tall and can be annual or perennial dependent on the amount of rainfall. It can be distinguished by a ring of long white hair surrounding each node.
Stipagrostis hirtigluma · River Bushman Grass · Short Bushman Grass · Namib Dune Bushman Grass · Silky Bushman Grass · Bushman Grasses
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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.
