Small-flowered Wallaby-Grass

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Rytidosperma monticola

Densely tufted perennial to 45 cm. Leaves are inrolled and covered in short closely packed hairs to 15 cm long. Seedheads spikes purplish.

Details
Flora Type
Grasses
Former Scientific Name
Austrodanthonia monticola, Danthonia monticola
Biology

Perennial. Dry alpine and montane grasslands in NSW, but scattered in Vic in non-montane areas across the state.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Nov
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Rytidosperma
Species
monticola

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Listed as a rare species in Vic.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Very distinctive species that cannot be confused with any others.
Native Status
Native