| Scientific Name: | Tripidium ravennae ( syn. Saccharum ravennae ) |
| Common Name: | hardy pampas grass, ravenna grass |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant, Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Cut flower or foliage, Perennial border, Screening, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Basal, Leathery, Rugose, Linear, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, White, Purple, Bronze, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Silver, Oct-Nov, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves arching, linear, up to 1m long x 2.5cm wide, margin sharply serrulate, grayish green with a white midrib, attractive bronzing in the fall; spikelets in purplish-bronze feathery panicles up to 60cm long x 15cm wide; plumes with silky hairs turning to silver-gray in fall and may persist until spring. | |