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Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)

Prairie Dropseed

Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) is a beautiful, fine-textured, clump-forming native prairie grass. It forms a fountain-like mound of emerald-green leaves that turn golden-orange in fall, with airy, fragrant (coriander-scented) flower panicles.

Prairie Dropseed

Prairie Dropseed

Prairie Dropseed

Prairie Dropseed

Taxonomic Details

Family:	Poaceae (poh-AY-see-ee)
Genus:	Sporobolus (spor-ROB-oh-lus)
Species:	heterolepis (het-er-oh-LEP-is)

Grasses and Bamboo: Prairie Moonlight Daylily: A 1965 Marsh Evening Glow; Daylily 'Prairie Blossoms' (Hemerocallis 'Prairie Blossoms') – Cultivar Profile; Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus); Buffalograss (Bouteloua dactyloides): The Native, Drought-Tolerant Turf of the Great Plains; Robust Fargesia (Fargesia robusta): A Tall, Clumping Bamboo for Screening; Dwarf Bamboo (Dendrocalamus minor): A Small, Clumping Tropical Bamboo; Prairie Cordgrass (Spartina pectinata): A Tall, Native Wetland Grass for Restoration; Thamnocalamus spathiflorus: A Rare, Clumping Bamboo from the Himalayas; Goldentop (Lamarckia aurea); Teosinte (Zea mexicana)

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