Flower head. Photo Richard Hartland, Denton Grassland, Vic

Plant. Photo Richard Hartland, Denton Grassland, Vic

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photo Peter Ormay, ACT

Australian Plant Image Index, photo Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, ACT

Common Name

Wallaby Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass to 1.15m tall. Leaves mostly basal, with a hairless sheath at the base. Ligule a fringe of short hairs. Leaves flat or the edges rolled inwards, 1-3mm wide, sparsely hairy to hairy. Spikelets pale greenish to straw-coloured, 12-16mm long excluding the longest awn. Mature seed groups cylindrical or oval. Seeds with 3 awns.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Rytidosperma~fulvum

ausgrass2 description:  http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/rytidosperma-fulvum