Short Wallaby-grass

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Rytidosperma carphoides

Short erect perennial wallaby-grass 10 cm in height. Stiff hairy leaves to 10 cm long and tightly inrolled.

Details
Flora Type
Grasses
Former Scientific Name
Danthonia carphoides
Distinctive Features

Ring of hairs where the leaf-sheath clasps the leaf blade (ligule).
Biology

Perennial. Well-drained soils, tolerates short wet period in winter. Persists under heavy grazing in unimproved pastures and under mowing.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Oct-Dec
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Rytidosperma
Species
carphoides

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Food plant for the threatened Golden Sun-moth.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native