| Family | Poaceae |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Seed & Germination Details | |
| Average no. Seeds per Gram | |
| 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 |