Grass, Chasmanthium latifolium

Perennial clump-forming grass with wide leaves and lovely nodding clusters of flat, oatlike seedheads. A single clump can spread two or more feet across on its short, stout rhizomes. Leaves are flat and terminate in a sharp point. The flowers are held in flat clusters that hang gracefully on thread-like pedicels in loose, open panicles on a stem that nods above the leaves. Leaves and flowerheads turn a rich tan in autumn and reddish-bronze by winter.