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Cymbopogon citratus
Catalan: Herba llimona
English: Lemon grass
Estonian: Harilik sidrunhein
Portuguese: Erva-príncipe
Spanish: Hierba limón
Turkish: Limon otu
Lemon grass, is a frost-
tender clumping perennial
grass.
Tolerates light shade, but
prefers full sun.
It is an outstanding
ornamental grass that lends
great beauty to garden
areas.
It typically forms a dense
rounded clump of foliage.
Leaves
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Evergreen;
Straplike leaves;
Leaves emit a lemony fragrance
when bruised;
Authors: Diogo Fernandes,
Pedro Sousa