Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Grass
Epiphyte
Origin
Europe, Asia
Mexico, Central America
Types
Blue Oat grass
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Number of Varieties
-30
0
40000
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Habitat
Cropland, gardens, Grassland, Roadsides
Rocky areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-910-13
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
12-8
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24
H2, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
20.50 cm25.40 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.50 cm35.60 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Brown
Orange, Yellow green, Gold, Light Green
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
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Fruit Color
Brown
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Gray Green
-
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Dark Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Tan, Brown
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Shape
Leaf Shape
Grass like
Long Linear
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Medium
Slow
Type of Soil
Loam
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The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
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Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Summer
Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
-
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Divison, Stem Planting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Does not require lot of watering, Water occasionally
Requires watering in the growing season
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Consistently
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
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Soil Type
Loam
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Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune ocassionally
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize in summer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Black Spot, Scale
Plant Tolerance
Drought
-
Flowers
-
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
-
Coarse
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
-
Allergy
Asthma, Itchy eyes
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
Bouquets, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
-
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Arthritis, Headache, Stomach pain
-
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Bulbs, Flowers, Leaves
Other Uses
Used as a nutritious food item
Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Bedding Plant, Feature Plant, Groundcover
Container, Hanging Basket, Houseplant, Tropical
Botanical Name
ARRHENATHERUM
LYCASTE cochleata
Common Name
Oatgrass
Lycaste Orchid, Shell-shaped Anther Lycaste
In Hindi
जई घास
Lycaste Orchid
In German
Ährengras
Lycaste Orchidee
In French
Folle avoine
Lycaste orchidée
In Spanish
oat Grass
Lycaste orquídea
In Greek
βρώμη Grass
Lycaste ορχιδέα
In Portuguese
aveia-
Lycaste orquídea
In Polish
Owies trawa
Lycaste orchidea
In Latin
oat Grass
braemii orchid
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
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Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Asparagales
Family
Poaceae
Orchidaceae
Genus
Danthonia
Lycaste
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
Aveneae
Maxillarieae
Subfamily
Danthonioideae
Epidendroideae
Number of Species
45031
1
27800
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