Loudetia simplex - Ornamental Grass - Indigenous grass - 10 Seeds Parsnip

Loudetia simplex - Ornamental Grass - Indigenous grass - 10 Seeds ParsnipLoudetia simplex is a grass species found in tropical and Southern Africa and Madagascar. The species is a perennial bunch grass, with culms erect and 30150 cm long. Leaves are mostly basal, with flat, convolute blades 1030 cm long and 25 mm wide. The inflorescence is a 1030 cm long panicle of spikelets, each containing one sterile and one fertile flower. The lemma carries a 2550 mm long awn. Germination is greatly improved with treatment of smoke

the central spines being up to 10 cm long

contrasting markings

Chinese Elm is a popular choice as a bonsai species

Size - 29cm x 24cm x 9cm

It is found on clay slopes in the renosterveld in the southwest Cape

many pink flowers in Winter-Spring

and typically short and fat

Sports and Playing fields

Saffron's bitter taste and iodoform- or hay-like fragrance result from the chemicals picrocrocin and safranal

Closely related genera include Aloe and Haworthia

Leaves are also delicious

Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus)