Tapered Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium acuminatum
Tapered rosette grass is a low, soft-haired native bunchgrass that forms winter rosettes and flowers in two flushes, a larval host for skippers in open woods and fields.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY