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Poaceae
American crowfoot grass
Eleusine tristachya
Also known as Eleusine leucosperma, Eleusine oligostachya, Dactyloctenium aegyptium, Eleusine indica subsp. barcinonensis
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Grass · Tropical · Groundcover · Low-Growing · Naturalized · Rare · Native · Mat-Forming · Specialty
American crowfoot grass is a low-growing tropical grass that forms dense mats in warm climates. It requires minimal care and moderate watering, making it suitable for naturalized areas. This species is quite rare in cultivation and primarily of interest to native plant specialists.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water when top inch of soil is dry, allow good drainage between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2.5 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Austria, Azores, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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