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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.


Further
Information:
  1. Yarra Ranges Council (Victora, close to us)
  2. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (VICFLORA, technical, good photos)
  3. [species.wikimedia.org] ⚠
  4. Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew UK, technical)


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