Agrostis nebulosa

Cloud Grass, Mist Grass

Message of the Flower

Humility

The Mother’s Comment

Adorable in its simplicity.

Spiritual Message by the Mother/ Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

Humility is the recognition that one does not know, that one knows nothing, and that there may be something beyond what presently appears to us as the truest, the most noble or disinterested. True humility consists in constantly referring oneself to the Lord, in placing all before Him.

The Mother, Mother's Agenda: December 21, 1957

When people are told "be humble", they think immediately of "being humble before other men" and that humility is wrong. True humility is humility before the Divine, that is, a precise, exact, living sense that one is nothing, one can do nothing, understand nothing without the Divine, that even if one is exceptionally intelligent and capable, this is nothing in comparison with the divine Consciousness, and this sense one must always keep, because then one always has the true attitude of receptivity—a humble receptivity that does not put personal pretensions in opposition to the Divine.

The Mother, Questions and Answers 1953: 13 May 1953

Colour

Pale greenish-white to maroon

Family

Poaceae

Cultivars

Not widely applicable, primarily grown as species

Person who named the flower

Carl Linnaeus

Flower Size

Wide, individual florets very small

Flower Texture

Soft, delicate

Number of Petals

Not applicable

Floral Symmetry

Not applicable

Fragrance of Flower

Not fragrant

Leaf Texture

Fine, slender

Leaf Arrangement

Alternate

Leaf Color

Green

Structural Variation (Shrub or Tree)

Herbaceous grass

Life Cycle

Annual

Blooming Period

Summer

Climate

Temperate

Water Requirements

Moderate

Soil Type

Well-drained

Temperature Ranges

Cooler temperatures

Sun or Shade

Full sun to partial shade

Susceptibility to Insects and Diseases

Resistant

Pollinators

Wind-pollinated

Habitat

Meadows, open fields, gardens

Role in the Ecosystem

Visual interest, soil stabilization

Quotations

Not specifically quoted

Ornamental

Highly valued

Uses in Other Aspects of Life

Landscape design, dried floristry

Endangered Status

Not endangered