Cortaderia selloana

Common name: Pampas Grass

Meaning of name:

Cortaderia is derived from the Argentine Spanish name cortadera, meaning cutter, in reference to its razor sharp leaf margins. Selloana is named for Friedrich Sellow (1789–1831), a German botanist and naturalist from Potsdam who worked as a plant collector in Brazil.

Distribution:

Occurs from Perth to Albany in Western Australia. It is also found in south eastern Australia.

Description:

A tufted perennial to 4 metres tall. The leaves have very sharp edges. The large and distinctive flowers are produced in spring and summer.

Notes:

This species is originally from South America.

References:

Western Weeds, A Guide to the Weeds of Western Australia. BMJ Hussey, GJ Keighery, J Dodd, SG Lloyd, RD Cousens. 1997.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Description and key to the identification of Grasses in South-Western Australia. JG Paterson. 1992.

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortaderia_selloana

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51442577

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/277