Accession #: 198500684
Accession Date: 1985-12-31
Common name: St. Augustine Grass, Buffalo Grass
Family: Poaceae
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Country of Origin: SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad
Description: [syn. S. americanum Schrank.]
Creeping, stoloniferous perennial grass; stems branching, compressed, flowering shoots 4-14 inches high; leaf blades mostly less than 6 inches long, to 3/8 inches wide; racemes 2-4 inches long; spikelets solitary or paired, rarely in threes, 0.125 - 0.25 inches long.
South Carolina to Florida and Texas; Tropical America.
Cultivated as a lawn grass along the coast, also in California, and escaping.
Cv. 'Variegatum' [syn. S. secundatum var. variegatum A.S. Hitchc; S. americanum cv. 'Variegatum'] - Leaves striped white. cultivated as a basket plant.
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USDA Zone: 9
Source: Unknown
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