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Common name little bluestem Family poaceae Life cycle perennial Flowers purple (late summer) Size 3' Light sun Cultural notes ordinary garden soil Nice blue-green tufted grass, more refined than its big bluestem cousin. Upright habit through mid-summer turns to a graceful arching shape right about when it flowers, in late summer.

We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston.

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