Description
- Austrodanthonia caespitosa, Danthonia caespitosa
- Family: Poaceae
- Size 20-40 cm x 40 cm, stems to 1.2 m high
- Plant grouping Grasses, Rushes & Sedges
- Leaves flat to inrolled, hairy (sometimes hairless) leaves to 30 cm x 1-3 mm, blue-green on upper surface.
- Flower colour Purple
- Flowering time September to January
- Flowers dense, oblong flowerhead 3-8 cm long, 6-9 florets in 10-30 spikelets. Lower bract oblong to 5.5 mm, 2 rows of hairs above basal tuft; 2 lobes erect, abruptly tapering; central bristle dark, to 25 mm, twisted 3-5 times at base.
- Bird attracting :Seeds
- Moist well drained soils of open forests and woodlands. Frost tolerant. Full sun, semi shade.
- Understorey planting. May be used as a lawn alternative
