Pampas

Oil on canvas 18x24

$375.00

This pampas grass has long, thin, razor edged leaves forming a large bunch grass tussock from which the eye catching inflorescences arise. At the top of a stem several meters in height is an inflorescence of plumelike spikelets.These panicles are pink or purplish when new and they gradually turn cream or white. Each inflorescence is packed full of fruits which develop despite the plant's having never been fertilized. Each plant produces millions of seeds per year, and disperse easily by several methods, including wind, water, and soil transport. They can become a real pest.