Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass) Fall flowering It is an eye-catching prairie

It is an eye-catching prairie perennial that has its place in micro-prairies

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The tubular flowers are bright scarlet red

Dion Skipper and Dun's Skipper butterflies

It may be single or have multiple offsets

Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass) Fall flowering It is an eye-catching prairieEastern Gamagrass is a robust, clump forming, warm season grass with coarse, arching, gray green leaf blades. Give it plenty of room to grow. Once established it is drought and occasional flood tolerant. Eastern Gamagrass prefers heavier soils and wetter conditions than most perennial, warm season grasses. It is often found in open areas on disturbed sites, along roadside ditches, and wetland margins. It is excellent for erosion control. Use in