Bloom Time
Sep, Oct, Nov
Plant Type
Grass/Grass-like, Native Plant, Ornamental Grasses and Sedges, Perennial; caespitose. Culms erect; 50-100 cm long. Culm-nodes glabrous. Leaf-sheaths keeled; glabrous on surface, or hispid; outer margin glabrous, or hairy. Ligule a ciliolate membrane. Leaf-blades flat, or conduplicate; 10-20 cm long; 2-5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous.
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Height
3-6 ft.
Flower
The flower inflorescence appears in September, turns bright orange in fall, and is attractively silver when back lit., Anthers 3.
Fruit
Fruit displays from October to November.
Attractive. Grows in clumps
Birds
Butterflies
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Andropogon
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