| Plant Habit: | Grass/Grass-like |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Water Preferences: | In Water Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 10a |
| Leaves: | Needled |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds Pops open explosively when ripe |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Seeds are hydrophilic |
| Pollinators: | Midges |
| Miscellaneous: | Thorned: P53,S031PU |
