Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Poa morrisii |
| Common Name: | soft tussock-grass , velvet tussock grass |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Grass, Grass Like / Strappy, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Infertile, Dry, Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 30 cm high |
| Foliage: | Soft velvety grey to bluish leaves, to 25 cm x 2 mm, flat, folded or weakly inrolled. Sheath pale, densely velvety. |
| Flowers: | Open green or purplish pyramidal flowerhead, to 25 cm x 15 cm, 3-8-flowered spikelets; lower bracts 3-veined, lower floral bract 5-veined, downy on lower part, hairs on keel and outer veins, web absent. October-January |
| General Comments: | Soft, hairy tufted perennial. Flowering stems erect to spreading, downy. A very attractive grass for broadscale landscaping or planting as a border, in rockeries or cottage gardens. Grows under established trees. Birds eat the seeds and use it for habitat and nesting materials. Food plant for caterpillars. |
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