| Scientific Name: | Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron' |
| Common Name: | Japanese blood grass |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Fall interest, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Summer interest, Wetland - bogs, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, White, Silver, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stiffly upright, leaf sheaths green, leaf blades 20-40cm long x 8-11cm wide, red, especially towards the apex. | |