Twoflower Melicgrass
Melica muticanative · Hill Country
Twoflower Melicgrass is a grass native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms yellow, green and brown in Apr–Jun. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for birds.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–7 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–Jun · yellow, green, brown
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on calcareous, dry, moist
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesSan Antonio Prairie
7 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.