Common Name: Queensland Blue Grass
Botanical Name: Diachanthium sericeum
Family: GRAMINEAE
Description:
Medium-sized, summer growing, perennial grass forming a neat, upright tussock to 30 cm high. Blue-green, flat and have no scent. Summer and autumn. Seed heads are tall and upright, with rings of hairs on the joints of the stem. The head is dark and divides into four sections, with the seeds being dark, hairy and with long awns.
Medium-sized, summer growing, perennial grass forming a neat, upright tussock to 30 cm high. Blue-green, flat and have no scent. Summer and autumn. Seed heads are tall and upright, with rings of hairs on the joints of the stem. The head is dark and divides into four sections, with the seeds being dark, hairy and with long awns.
Natural Distribution:
Found on heavier soils in grasslands.
Found on heavier soils in grasslands.
Notes:
Rarely seen in grazed pastures.
Rarely seen in grazed pastures.
