Botanical Name: Common Names:
Austrodanthonia setacea Small Flowered Wallaby Grass,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
TBA Tufting
Description:
Dense native tufting perennial grass with fine, slender foliage and silvery-purple flowering spikelets during Spring and Summer. Used widely as a native lawn and in revegetation works. Also great for erosion control and rockeries.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
30-60cm 30-60cm
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Clay, Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Erosion Control, Groundcover, Habitat, Lawn Alternatives, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Rockery, Verge, Native Garden, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser
Family Name: Origin:
Poaceae Australia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Green, Purple
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: High
Wind: High