Scientific Name: Microlaena stipoides

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  • Common Name:
    Rice Meadow Grass, Weeping Grass
  • Type:
    Herb Grass , wiry tufted perennial
  • Family:
    POACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Narrow curved panicle with hanging spikelets.narrow panicle 8-16 cm long, loose, curves with hanging spikelets on long down-curving stem.
  • Fruit:
    Seedheads often partly enclosed in uppermost leaf-sheath, even when ripe. Summer to autumn.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Shaded or semi-shaded areas in woodland or forest.
  • Species List:
    Grass book, Crank's Creek, Botany 07
Identification Notes

Seeds have awns up to 3 cm long. Blades minutely hairy or hairless.

Landscaping Notes

Makes a good native lawn grass - drought and frost tolerant. Shade, part shade