Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa
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Taxon
Pogonatherum paniceum
Common name:
Baby Panda Grass
Family:
Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
Distribution:
Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan to Taiwan and Tropical Asia
Life form:
Evergreen shrub / sub-shrub
Usage:
Horticultural
Comments:
This plant much like a miniature bamboo with rigid stems. It is not actually a bamboo, being in the Panicoideae, a different grass subfamily from true bamboos, subfamily Bambusoideae. It has bamboo-like rigid stems with small and fine bright green leaves and grows in a tight clump with a bushy habit
Links:
Kew Plants of the World Online
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Bambooland Australia
Locations
1:
Bonsai in Nursery area
(Bonsai nursery)
• Accession: 2022-4/1 • Origin: Country of origin unknown • Provenance: Horticultural
2:
Upper garden, beds at restaurant
(Uk)
• Accession: 2022-4/2 • Origin: Country of origin unknown • Provenance: Horticultural
Area
Individual