English: Pampas grass.
Region: South America, Pampas region.
Genus: 25 species.
Botany: tall grass, ± 3 m high; in dense tussocks; leaves long, slender, to 2 m long, 1 cm broad, sharp edges, bluish-green to silvery grey; flowers in a dense white panicle ± 30 cm long on a tall stem.