Saccharum spontaneum: Difference between revisions

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Saccharum spontaneum

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Habit:		grass
Height:	⇕	3m (? ft)^RH
Width:	⇔
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	Tropical Africa ^RH
Poisonous:	☠

Exposure:	☼
Water:	◍
Features:	✓
Hardiness:	☃
Bloom:	❀
USDA Zones:
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Saccharum

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spontaneum

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Saccharum spontaneum, Linn. Less tall and stout than sugarcane, freely blooming, found in the Medit. region, where it is sometimes cult. as a hedge-plant, and throughout the tropics of the Old World. A variety of this, S. aegyptiacum, is shown in Gn. 11, p.78; 16, p. 323. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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 Saccharum spontaneum, Linn. Less tall and stout than sugarcane, freely blooming, found in the Medit. region, where it is sometimes cult. as a hedge-plant, and throughout the tropics of the Old World. A variety of this, S. aegyptiacum, is shown in Gn. 11, p.78; 16, p. 323.
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