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Stipagrostis hirtigluma is a densely tufted grass native to dry bushveld, karoo and desert regions across Africa and into Arabia and Pakistan. It is a wild grass of arid, stony or sandy ground rather than a garden or houseplant, so the key to growing it is mimicking hot, dry, well-drained conditions.
Stipagrostis hirtigluma (Afrikaans: bloutwa) is a densely tufted perennial grass. It occurs across most of Africa east to Pakistan in bushveld, karoo, and desert regions. In Namibia, it grows in dry, warm parts, in stony or sandy places and on rocky outcrops.
There are three subspecies of Stipagrostis hirtigluma:
Cape Bushman Grass · River Bushman Grass · Short Bushman Grass · Namib Dune Bushman Grass · Silky Bushman Grass · Bushman Grasses
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stipagrostis hirtigluma 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.
