Pogonarthria squarrosa - Sickle Grass / Ornamental Grass - Indigenous grass - 10 Seeds purslane The fruit of this species

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

on sandy soil or occasionally sandy loam

The species is native to South America and Central America

lovely pink flowers in dense heads in Summer

Because the stems are so fine

Pogonarthria squarrosa - Sickle Grass / Ornamental Grass - Indigenous grass - 10 Seeds purslane The fruit of this speciesPogonarthria 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