Scientific Name: Leptochloafusca subsp.fusca (syn. Diplachne parviflora)

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  • Common Name:
    Beetle Grass
  • Type:
    herb , grass
  • Family:
    POACEAE
  • Flowers:
    branched panicle of 10-30 erect or spreading racemes and bearing solitary spikelets, flowers in response to rain
  • Vegetation Type:
    found in wet areas.
  • Species List:
    Grass book,
Identification Notes

Perennial, erect, hairless, tufted. Branching from lower nodes. Leaves rolled inwards, rough to touch and mostly basal.

Landscaping Notes

Moderately salt-tolerant