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: Sunset Zones:
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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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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