kawelu
Eragrostis variabilis · Poaceae
kawelu (Eragrostis variabilis) is a perennial grass or grass-like plant in the Poaceae family. It is native to North America. USDA records it as hardy in zone 11 and warmer, down to about 40°F.
At a glance
| Type | graminoid USDA |
|---|---|
| Lifecycle | perennial USDA |
| Native status | native USDA |
| Mature height | 3 ft USDA |
| Light | full-sun USDA |
| Soil pH | 5–6 USDA |
| Hardiness zones | 11 and warmer USDA |
| Guild layer | ground-cover Derived |
| Nursery availability | No Known Source USDA |
USDA quoted from the USDA PLANTS database · Derived computed by a fixed rule from those columns. No value on this page is estimated.
Growing conditions
It needs full sun. It is recorded on soils from pH 5 to 6 — acidic ground. Its cold limit is zone 11; USDA publishes no warm-end limit, so gardeners in warmer zones should check local heat tolerance separately.
Size and growth
At maturity it reaches about 3 ft, making it a low to knee-height plant.
Role in a guild
Ground cover. In a layered planting this is the lowest layer — it shades soil, holds moisture, and suppresses weeds. We derive the layer from the plant's growth habit and mature height using a fixed rule, so the same inputs always produce the same layer.
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Related plants
Others in Eragrostis
- weeping lovegrass Eragrostis curvula
- teal lovegrass Eragrostis hypnoides
- plains lovegrass Eragrostis intermedia
- Lehmann lovegrass Eragrostis lehmanniana
Similar role and hardiness
- yellow nutsedge Cyperus esculentus
- fragrant flatsedge Cyperus odoratus
- Tartary buckwheat Fagopyrum tataricum
- Hawai'i desert-thorn Lycium sandwicense
Where this data comes from
Every value on this page comes from the USDA PLANTS database record for symbol ERVA, or is computed from those values by a fixed rule. Nothing here is estimated or model-generated. Where USDA publishes no value, this page omits the claim rather than filling the gap.
commercial_availability— quoted from USDA PLANTSduration— quoted from USDA PLANTSgrowth_habit— quoted from USDA PLANTSguild_role— derived by rule from USDA columnsmature_height_ft— quoted from USDA PLANTSnative_status— quoted from USDA PLANTSnitrogen_fixer— quoted from USDA PLANTSpet_safe— quoted from USDA PLANTSph_max— quoted from USDA PLANTSph_min— quoted from USDA PLANTSshade_tolerance— quoted from USDA PLANTStemperature_min_f— quoted from USDA PLANTSzone_min— quoted from USDA PLANTS
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