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This species can spread aggressively. Check local guidance before planting, and avoid letting it escape into the wild.
Nassella tenuissima
Nassella tenuissima is a perennial grass species native to the south-western United States, northern Mexico, and Argentina. It is known by several common names including Mexican feathergrass, finestem needlegrass, fineleaved nassella, and Argentine needle-grass, and has historically been referenced under the synonym Stipa tenuissima.
Knautia arvensis
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Thrives in the same full sun, low water conditions as Mexican feathergrass
Water: Low · Height: 60 cm
These three thrive alongside Mexican feathergrass — and alongside each other.
