Family | Poaceae |
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Description | Clump forming perennial warm season grass to about 1m high in flower. |
Flowering Time | Summer-Autumn |
Distribution & Botanical Details | Click Here |
Florabank Profile | |
Vegetation Communities | A range of Grassland, Woodland and Dry Sclerophyll Forest Communities |
Soil Types | Wide range of soil textures from sands to clays, most commonly on low-nutrient sites. |
Values / Uses | |
Revegetation / Habitat Values | Important understory component in Grassy Woodland Communities. |
Amenity / Ornamental Values | Similar in general appearance to kangaroo grass although the seed heads are more striking and interesting up close. Inflorescences on some forms are tall and arch over elegantly, turning a nice orange hue in Autumn. Also very long lived. Foliage has a pleasant lemony-resinous scent. |
Other Values | Very tolerant of low nutrient and dry sites such as eroded areas, quarries and mines with rocky, skeletal substrates without topsoil. |
Tolerances | |
Water Deficit | extremely high |
Compaction | average |
Waterlogging | average to high |
Shade | average to high |
Minimum Temperature | -10 degrees |
Average no. Seeds per Gram | |
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Viability Period | average |
Dormancy | none |
Treatment | none |
Days From First to Last Germination at 25 Degrees | not known but seed germinates readily in warm conditions, and should not be buried deeply. |
Direct Seeding |