Taxon

Panicum virgatum 'Squaw'

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Common name: Switch Grass
Family: Poaceae (grass family)
Distribution: Gardd/Garden
Hardiness: (H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)
Life form: Deciduous perennial • Parhaol lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Panicum (PAN-ih-kum): Latin name for wild millet.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: virgatum (vir-GA-tum): Wand, referring to a twig.
Description: A deciduous, clump-forming, perennial grass, to 1m tall. It has flat, linear, mid-green leaves, which develop purple tips and sometimes shades of red, orange and yellow in autumn. Airy sprays of tiny, pinkish-brown flowers are produced from mid-summer to early autumn.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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