Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Dichelachne rara |
| Common Name: | plume grass |
| Status: | DISABLED: Unavailable for now & possibly forever |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Grass, Grass Like / Strappy |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Dry, Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | to 15 cm high, stems to 0.7 m high |
| Foliage: | Flat, rough, sometimes downy leaves to 15 cm x 1-3 mm. |
| Flowers: | Flows in Summer, green, becoming straw-coloured, Loose open pannicles. Flowering stems generally smooth but can be rough or downy. |
| General Comments: | Open tufted perennial grass. A variable species, often confused or intermediate with other species. Attractive grass for planting in drifts under trees or in rockeries. |
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