Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass)

Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass) with green stem and maroon flower close up

Botanical name: Tripsacum dactyloides

Common names: Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass

Family: Poaceae

Origin: Florida

USDA Plant Hardiness Map

USDA Zone: 6-9?

USDA Plant Hardiness MapSmall plant 2-5 ftSemi-shadeFull sunModerate waterRegular waterFlood tolerant plant

Recommended Uses: Hedge, individual large grass clump, background screen for a flower garden. Tripsacum dactyloides can survive droughts and floods for a long time because of its rigid and thick rhizomatous roots which firmly holding the plant upright.


Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass) with green leaves and red flower close up
Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass) green grass plant with narrow long arching leaves in clump


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