Description:
This cultivar originated as an open pollinated progeny derived from Emerald , an interspecific cross between Zoysia japonica (Stued.) and Zoysia tenuifolia (L.) Merr. Pristine was first identified and selected as BA-305 in Palm Beach County, Florida. Pristine (BA-305) was an individual plant selected from an array of nine lines chosen to represent the variability of off-types growing in an original planting of Emerald .