Oatgrass

Shooting Star

About Oatgrass and Shooting Star

Oatgrass

Shooting Star

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Perennial

1.2 Type

Grass

Shrub

1.3 Origin

Europe, Asia

Southeastern Asia

1.4 Types

Blue Oat grass

alpine shootingstar , Jewelled shootingstar , Sierran shootingstar , broad-leaved shootingstar , Frigid Shootingstar

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

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Rank: N/A (Overall)▶

Rank: 75 (Overall)▶

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About Elderberry

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411 (About Canna)

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1.5 Habitat

Cropland, gardens, Grassland, Roadsides

Floodplains, open Woodlands

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

4-9

10-15

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

Not Available

12-9

1.8 Sunset Zone

1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24

H1, H2, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Clump-Forming

Oval or Rounded

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

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20.50 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

240.00 cm

Rank: 78 (Overall)▶

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350 (About Privet)

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2.1.2 Minimum Width

About Flowering..

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30.50 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

180.00 cm

Rank: 70 (Overall)▶

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243.84 (About Acerola)

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2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Brown

White, Pink, Salmon, Coral

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Brown

Non Fruiting Plant

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Gray Green

Red, Green, Burgundy

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Light Green

Gray Green, Dark Green, Burgundy

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Dark Green

Gray Green, Dark Green, Burgundy

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Tan, Brown

Gray Green, Dark Green, Burgundy

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Grass like

Ovate elongated

2.4 Thorns

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15% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Not Available

Spring, Winter

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Medium

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam

Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Acidic, Neutral

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Average

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Early Summer

Early Spring, Spring, Late Winter

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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46% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Not Available

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally

Average Water Needs

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Acidic, Neutral

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam

Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Average

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

Prune after flowering, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

Aphids, Fungal leaf spots

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Not Available

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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5% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

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9% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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3% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

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55% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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No Grass Plants Garden Plants has it !

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7% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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3% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

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14% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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2% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

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10% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.4 Showy Foliage

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66% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

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52% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.5 Showy Bark

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10% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

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11% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.6 Foliage Texture

Not Available

Coarse

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5.9 Invasive

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18% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

Sometimes

5.10 Self-Sowing

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65% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

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50% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

5.11 Attracts

Not Available

Hummingbirds, Butterflies

5.12 Allergy

Asthma, Itchy eyes

Runny nose, sneezing

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

along a porch, deck or patio, Beautification, Mixed Border, small hedge

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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62% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Arthritis, Headache, Stomach pain

Unknown

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Whole plant

Not Available

6.2.3 Other Uses

Used as a nutritious food item

Unknown

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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10% Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !

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39% Most Useful Shrub Plants Garden Plants have it !

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Bedding Plant, Feature Plant, Groundcover

Container, Feature Plant, Foundation, Hedges, Mixed Border, Screening, Wind Break, Tropical

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

ARRHENATHERUM

CLERODENDRUM quadriloculare

7.2 Common Name

Oatgrass

American cowslip , mosquito bills , mad violets , sailor caps

7.2.1 In Hindi

जई घास

shooting star

7.2.2 In German

Ährengras

shooting star

7.2.3 In French

Folle avoine

Dodecatheon

7.2.4 In Spanish

oat Grass

Dodecatheon

7.2.5 In Greek

βρώμη Grass

shooting star

7.2.6 In Portuguese

aveia-

Dodecatheon

7.2.7 In Polish

Owies trawa

shooting star

7.2.8 In Latin

oat Grass

shooting star

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Not Available

Spermatophyta

8.3 Class

Liliopsida

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Poales

Primulales

8.5 Family

Poaceae

Verbenaceae

8.6 Genus

Danthonia

Dodecatheon

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Aveneae

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Danthonioideae

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

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Properties of Oatgrass and Shooting Star

Wondering what are the properties of Oatgrass and Shooting Star? We provide you with everything About Oatgrass and Shooting Star. Oatgrass doesn't have thorns and Shooting Star doesn't have thorns. Also Oatgrass does not have fragrant flowers. Oatgrass has allergic reactions like Asthma and Itchy eyes and Shooting Star has allergic reactions like Asthma and Itchy eyes. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Oatgrass and Shooting Star and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Oatgrass and Shooting Star

Season and care of Oatgrass and Shooting Star is important to know. While considering everything about Oatgrass and Shooting Star Care, growing season is an essential factor. Oatgrass season is Not Available and Shooting Star season is Not Available. The type of soil for Oatgrass is Loam and for Shooting Star is Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Oatgrass is Acidic, Neutral and for Shooting Star is Acidic, Neutral.

Oatgrass and Shooting Star Physical Information

Oatgrass and Shooting Star physical information is very important for comparison. Oatgrass height is 20.50 cm and width 30.50 cm whereas Shooting Star height is 240.00 cm and width 180.00 cm. The color specification of Oatgrass and Shooting Star are as follows:

Oatgrass flower color: Brown
Oatgrass leaf color: Gray Green
Shooting Star flower color: White, Pink, Salmon and Coral
Shooting Star leaf color: Red, Green and Burgundy

Care of Oatgrass and Shooting Star

Care of Oatgrass and Shooting Star include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Oatgrass pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Shooting Star pruning is done Prune after flowering, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Oatgrass needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Shooting Star needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.