Pogonarthria squarrosa - Sickle Grass / Ornamental Grass - Indigenous grass - 10 Seeds purslane Leaves are long and realitively

Leaves are long and realitively broad without thorns in the mature plants

The fruit of this species is thin and the flesh is very juicy and edible

USDA Zone - 6

on sandy soil or occasionally sandy loam

Pogonarthria squarrosa - Sickle Grass / Ornamental Grass - Indigenous grass - 10 Seeds purslane Leaves are long and realitivelyPogonarthria squarrosa is a loosely tufted grass with interesting, reddish brown inflorescences which have led to its common name, herringbone or sickle grass. This is an erect, perennial grass, growing up to 1. 2 m tall. The long, tapering inflorescence is up to 400 mm long, has a firm, straight, central axis with numerous short, usually upward curving branches (hence the name herringbone); the spikelets are arranged all along the branches on the