Volga Wild Rye Leymus racemosus
Other Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Elymus racemosus
- Phonetic Spelling
- LEY-mus ray-se-MO-sus
- This plant is an invasive species in North Carolina
- Description
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Cool-season grass this grass comes with its own dynamic color and can look amazing in many settings. It is great in wooded areas and grows extremely fast. It is a slender grass, with its unique color will have looking at grass in a new delightful way. This is a nitrogen absorbing plant thus being detrimental to the environment.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- Glaucus
- Glaucus
- Glaucus
- Tags:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- Glaucus
- Glaucus
- Glaucus
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Elymus
- Species:
- racemosa
- Family:
- Poaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Division
- Seed
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- SE. & E. Europe to Siberia and Caucasus
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
- Habit/Form:
- Spreading
- Texture:
- Coarse
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 4b, 5b, 5a, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8b, 8a
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Fruit:
- Fruit Type:
- Caryopsis
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Blue
- Green
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Spike
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Summer
- Flower Description:
- The narrow, blue-green spike in early summer that turns beige
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Leaves:
- Leaf Color:
- Blue
- Cream/Tan
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- steel-blue flat foliage can be invasive (spreads by rhizomes)
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Dry Soil
- Heat
- Wet Soil
- Problems:
- Invasive Species
