Grass week: Pennisetum setaceum ornamental grass from California

[Gurcharan Singh]

I am making exception to upload this interesting ornamental grass, very commonly grown in California

Pennisetum setaceum. Common name: Fountain grass, reportedly also grown in other countries, I don't know about India.

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[tanay bose]

Yes sir ji seen them here too

tanay

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[Muthu Karthick]

i think this is the same grass I noticed as planted ornamental at Auroville, Pondychery.

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[Pankaj Kumar]

Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov. Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1923, 113 (1923).

Basionym:
Phalaris setacea Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 17. 1775.

Regards
Pankaj