Family | Poaceae |
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Description | Delicate annual warm season grass to about 40cm high |
Flowering Time | Summer-Autumn |
Distribution & Botanical Details | Click Here |
Florabank Profile | |
Vegetation Communities | Disturbed, bare or low nutrient sites in Dry Sclerophyll Forests, Semi-arid Woodlands and Arid Shrublands. |
Soil Types | Red sands, sandstones and alluvium. |
Values / Uses | |
Revegetation / Habitat Values | |
Amenity / Ornamental Values | A lovely grass that could be used for stunning colour and texture effects with other annuals and herbaceous perennials. |
Other Values | Very useful coloniser of bare ground, rapid response to summer rain, reported to have good forage value for stock. Would make an excellent roadside coloniser. Low biomass would make it a potential inter-row cover in woody perennial crops such as citrus and grapes. |
Tolerances | |
Water Deficit | high |
Compaction | low |
Waterlogging | low |
Shade | low |
Minimum Temperature |
Average no. Seeds per Gram | 650 |
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Viability Period | average to long |
Dormancy | none |
Treatment | none |
Days From First to Last Germination at 25 Degrees | not known but likely to be rapid under warm temperatures |
Direct Seeding |