Sorghastrum nutans
Indian Grass
A vigorous native warm season grass with bluish green foliage turning a translucent yellow-deep gold fall color and bearing beautiful panicles of copper. Excellent for cut flowers.
Sorghastrum nutans
( Sioux Blue Wood Grass )
Perennial grass that slowly spreads and forms loose clumps. Stems are upright with arching, linear, metallic blueish green leaves that turn purple in the fall.
#785 Sorghastrum nutans
Common Names: indiangrass, yellow indiangrass
Family: Poaceae/Gramineae (grass Family)
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Sorghastrum nutans Grass, Indian
perennial, average care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 5a thru 8b ...
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Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
Indian Grass
Sorghastrum nutans
3 to 6'
1½ to 3'
Sun; prefers rich, moist, well-drained soil; tolerates most soil.
Indiangrass [English]: Sorghastrum nutans
Indianhemp [English]: Apocynum cannabinum
Indianhemp [English]: Cynopaema cannabinum
Indianische Feige [German]: Opuntia ficus-indica
Indianischer Tabak [German]: Lobelia inflata ...
The dominant grass species include big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). These three grasses each develop strikingly beautiful fall colors.
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Gentiana puberulenta, Hypoxis hirsuta, Lithospermum canescens, Lobelia spicata, Petalostemum purpureum, Phlox pilosa fulgida, Poa pratensis, Ratidiba pinnata, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Sisyrinchium albidum, Solidago rigida, Sorghastrum nutans, ...
some suitable native alternatives for Sericea lespedeza include butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa), joe-pye weed (Eupatorium dubium), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida), big blue stem (Andropogon gerardii), or Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans).
 See also: Sorghastrum, Grass, India, Green, Indian Grass
  
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