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Miscanthus sinensis 'Cabaret'

(Cabaret Japanese Silver Grass, Eulalia, Japanese Silver Grass, Maiden Grass, Zebra Grass)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Cabaret Japanese Silver Grass, Eulalia, Japanese Silver Grass, Maiden Grass, Zebra Grass

Description

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Family Poaceae

Annual or perennial herbs, or tall woody bamboos . Flowering stems (culms ) jointed , internodes hollow or solid; branches arising singly from nodes and subtended by a leaf sheath and 2-keeled prophyll, often fascicled in bamboos. Leaves arranged alternately in 2 ranks , differentiated into sheath, blade , and an adaxial erect appendage at sheath/blade junction (ligule) ; leaf sheath surrounding and supporting culm-internode, split to base or infrequently tubular with partially or completely fused margins , modified with reduced blade in bamboos (culm sheaths) ; leaf blades divergent, usually long, narrow and flat, but varying from inrolled and filiform to ovate , veins parallel, sometimes with cross-connecting veinlets (especially in bamboos) ; ligule membranous or a line of hairs . Inflorescence terminal or axillary , an open, contracted , or spikelike panicle, or composed of lax to spikelike racemes arranged along an elongate central axis, or digitate, paired , or occasionally solitary; axillary inflorescences often many, subtended by spatheoles (specialized bladeless leaf sheaths) and gathered into a leafy compound panicle; spikelets often aggregated into complex clusters in bamboos. Spikelets composed of distichous bracts arranged along a slender axis (rachilla) ; typically 2 lowest bracts (glumes ) empty, subtending 1 to many florets ; glumes often poorly differentiated from accompanying bracts in bamboos. Florets composed of 2 opposing bracts enclosing a single small flower, outer bract (lemma) clasping the more delicate, usually 2-keeled inner bract (palea) ; base of floret often with thickened prolongation articulated with rachilla (callus) ; lemma often with apical or dorsal bristle (awn ), glumes also sometimes awned . Flowers bisexual or unisexual ; lodicules (small scales representing perianth) 2, rarely 3 or absent, 3 to many in bamboos, hyaline or fleshy ; stamens 3 rarely 1, 2, 6, or more in some bamboos, hypogynous, filaments capillary , anthers versatile; ovary 1-celled, styles (1 or) 2(rarely 3), free or united at base, topped by feathery stigmas, exserted from sides or apex of floret. Fruit normally a dry indehiscent caryopsis with thin pericarp firmly adherent to seed, pericarp rarely free, fleshy in some bamboos; embryo small or large; hilum punctate to linear .

About 700 genera and 11,000 species: widely distributed in all regions of the world.Shou-liang Chen, De-Zhu Li, Guanghua Zhu, Zhenlan Wu, Sheng-lian Lu, Liang Liu, Zheng-ping Wang, Bi-xing Sun, Zheng-de Zhu, Nianhe Xia, Liang-zhi Jia, Zhenhua Guo, Wenli Chen, Xiang Chen, Yang Guangyao, Sylvia M. Phillips, Chris Stapleton, Robert J. Soreng, Susan G. Aiken, Nikolai N. Tzvelev, Paul M. Peterson, Stephen A. Renvoize, Marina V. Olonova & Klaus Ammann "Poaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 22. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Genus Miscanthus

Perennial , tufted or rhizomatous . Culms slender to robust , erect , solid. Leaves basal or cauline; leaf blades large, linear , flat, broad or narrow; ligule membranous. Inflorescence a panicle, often large and plumose , of racemes arranged on a long or short axis; raceme axis tough, internodes slender, spikelets paired , both spikelets pedicelled, pedicels slender, flattened, slightly clavate . Spikelets similar, lanceolate, dorsally compressed ; callus bearded with hairs shorter than, as long as, or longer than the spikelet; glumes papery or membranous; lower floret usually represented by a hyaline sterile lemma; upper floret bisexual, lemma hyaline, awned or awnless. Stamens 2-3. Caryopsis oblong or ellipsoid .

Fourteen species, mostly in SE Asia and the Pacific Islands, extending to tropical Africa; seven species (two endemic) in China.

This genus is readily recognized by its paniculate inflorescence of racemes, which have a tough rachis, and also by its paired spikelets, both of which are pedicelled.Shou-liang Chen & Stephen A. Renvoize "Miscanthus". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 571, 572, 581. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Habit: Clumping, very upright, sturdy.

Flowers: Copper plumes age to cream. Blooms early to mid-fall. • Bloom Period: July, August. • Flower Conspicuous: Plumes, silky , hairy

Foliage: Variegated white • Foliage Shape: Linear • Normal foliage color: Green • Underside foliage: Green • Juvenile foliage: Green • Mature foliage: Green • New foliage: Green • Spring foliage: Green • Summer foliage: Broad blades striped bright white and dark green. • Fall foliage: Green • Winter foliage: Green

Size/Age/Growth

Growth Rate: Fast Growing • Size: Robust grower to 6 to 9' tall, 3 to 4' wide.

Landscaping

Landscape Uses: Mass plantings . Specimen. • Care: Deer resistant. Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance , remove old foliage before new leaves emerge . Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring .

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 4-6' apart.

Soil: Organic , moist, well-drained soil. • Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full to partial sun

Moisture: Water Requirements: Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.

Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 9 (>120 to 150 days) Low:1 (< 1 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Miscanthus

There are approximately 225 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. 'Dronning Ingrid' · M. 'Golden Bar' · M. 'Gotemba Gold' · M. 'Mount Washington' · M. 'Pos' · M. 'Purpurascens' · M. 'Spartina' · M. affinis · M. boninensis · M. brevipilus · M. capensis (Silvergrass) · M. changii · M. chejuensis · M. chinensis · M. chrysander · M. condensatus · M. coreensis · M. cotulifer · M. depauperatus · M. ecklonii · M. eulalioides · M. flavidus · M. floridulus (Amur Silver Grass) · M. floridulus 'Nippon Summer' · M. floridus (Giant Silver Grass) · M. formosanus · M. fuscus · M. giganteus (Giant Chinese Silver Grass) · M. gossweileri · M. hackelii · M. hidakanus · M. intermedius · M. ionandros · M. japonicus · M. junceus · M. kanehirai · M. kokusanensis · M. litoralis 'Zuneigung' · M. littoralis · M. longiberbis · M. longiberbis var. changii · M. lutarioriparius · M. luzonensis · M. matsudae · M. matsumurae · M. miser · M. nakaianus · M. neo-coreanus · M. nepalensis (Nepalese Silvergrass) · M. nudipes · M. nudipes taylorii · M. nudipes wardii · M. ogiformis · M. oligostachys (Small Japanese Silver Grass) · M. oligostachyus · M. oligostachyus 'Afrika' · M. oligostachyus 'Nanus Variegatus' · M. oligostachyus intermedius · M. oligostachyus longiberbis · M. paniculatus · M. pentagona · M. polydactylos · M. purpurascens · M. pycnocephalus · M. ridleyi · M. rufipilus · M. ryukyuensis · M. saccariflorus · M. saccharifer · M. sacchariflorus (Amur Silvergrass) · M. sacchariflorus 'Robustus' · M. sacchariflorus f. purpurascens · M. sieboldi · M. sinensis (Chinese Silver Grass) · M. sinensis 'Adagio' (Adagio Maiden Grass) · M. sinensis 'Adiago' (Dwarf Maiden Grass) · M. sinensis 'Aethiopien' (Dwarf Maiden Grass) · M. sinensis 'Afrika' · M. sinensis 'Altweibersommer' (Dwarf Maiden Grass) · M. sinensis 'Andante' (Eulalia) · M. sinensis 'Apollo' · M. sinensis 'Arabesque' (Arabesque Maiden Grass) · M. sinensis 'Augustfeder' · M. sinensis 'Autumn Light' (Eulalia) · M. sinensis 'Autumn Red' · M. sinensis 'Ballerina' · M. sinensis 'Blondo' (Eulalia) · M. sinensis 'Blue Wonder' (Eulalia) · M. sinensis 'Bluttenwonder' (Eulalia) · M. sinensis 'Bronceturm' (Dwarf Maiden Grass) · M. sinensis 'Cabaret' (Cabaret Japanese Silver Grass) · M. sinensis 'China' · M. sinensis 'David' · M. sinensis 'Dixieland' (Eulalia) · M. sinensis 'Emerald Giant' · M. sinensis 'Emmanuel Lepage' · M. sinensis 'Etincelle' · M. sinensis 'Ferner Osten' (Dwarf Maiden Grass) · M. sinensis 'Feuergold' · M. sinensis 'Flamingo' (Dwarf Maiden Grass)

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Last Revised: 2008-10-03