Yellow Indiangrass

This was one of the important grasses of the mid-western prairies. Survives occasional flooding and repeated burning.



Plant in the rear of a wildflower garden. The flower/fuit stalk is quite showy with a golden plume (the stamens are yellow)in mid-fall. The stems and fruit retain a golden straw color through the fall. The remainder of the year, the grass is much lower (about 2 ft) and blue-green in color.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Birds eat seeds.

Flatwoods, sandhills.

• Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
• Larval host for pepper and salt skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon).