Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Rytidosperma penicillatum 2 synonyms: Austrodanthonia penicillata , Danthonia penicillata |
| Common Name: | slender wallaby-grass , weeping wallaby-grass |
| Status: | DISABLED: Unavailable for now & possibly forever |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Grass, Grass Like / Strappy, Bird Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 20 cm (stems to 60 cm) x 30 cm |
| Foliage: | Fine, bent, hairless to sparsely hairy, flat, folded or inrolled leaves to 15 cm x 2 mm. |
| Flowers: | Slender flowerheads to 15 cm on arching stems. Scattered 4-7-flowered spikelets. Upper row of hairs on lower floral bract reduced to 2 small central & 2 larger marginal tufts, lower row short & sparse. Central bristle fine, twisted at base, bent, October-January |
| General Comments: | A dainty little tuft which is useful in shaded positions. Useful in mown lawns. Sparsely tufted weeping perennial grass with short underground stems. |
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