Citation: Asch. & Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2:325 (1900).

Synonymy: Arundo selloana Schultes & Schultes f., Syst. Veg. 2, mant. addit. 1:605 (1827).

Common name: Pampas grass.

Description:
Culms 2-3 m high; leaves relatively narrow, tapering to a fine point, scabrid.

panicle 30-100 cm long, the female silky-hairy, handsomely plumose, silvery white, pink or mauve, the male glabrous; spikelets 2-5-flowered; glumes glabrous; lemma 1-nerved.

Distribution:  Grows on hills and plains and does not require damp conditions.   Vic. In Australia it is not generally regarded as naturalised but it has been sporadically recorded outside cultivation in S.Aust..   Native to South America, but introduced as an ornamental into most of the world. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: March.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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