| Family | Poaceae |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Seed & Germination Details | |
| Average no. Seeds per Gram | 650 |
| 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 |