Perennial Native Grass (Ornamental)
Sun Exposure: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Soil Moisture: Dry, Moist
Height: up to 8'
Bloom Time: August-October
Bloom Color: yellow
Tolerance: Drought and Deer
Attracts: Butterflies, birds, bees
Larval Host: Pepper-and-Salt Skipper butterfly
Pollinator benefit: Provides Nesting Materials/Structure for Native Bees (A plant that native bees nest beneath, within, or harvest parts from to construct their nests.)
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Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans) Yellow indian grass is a tall, bunching sod-former, 3-8 ft. in height, with broad blue-green blades and a large, plume-like, soft, golden-brown seed head. This showy perennial’s fall color is deep orange to purple.
This is a beautiful grass with a somewhat metallic golden sheen to its flowering parts. It is an important associate in the tallgrass prairies and is relished by livestock. It appears to be favored by occasional flooding and repeated burning and sometimes forms nearly pure stands in the lowlands. Warm-season grass with rich gold-and-purple sprays of flowers and seeds in the fall. (Ontario Native Plants 2002)
Source: www.wildflower.org