Pampas Grass

This is pampas grass both in Japanese and English. The other Japanese name is 'Shirogane-yoshi'. The botanical name is Cortaderia argentea.







Very tall - maybe about 3 to 5 meters. This originates in the grassland of South America which is called the pampas, so the name is pampas grass!


The Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* pampas grass : パンパスグラス
* Shirogane-yoshi : 白銀葭