Plant Details

Scientific Name: Ottochloa gracillima
  • Pronunciation: ot-toe-CLOE-ah gray-Cell-EEM-ah
  • Type: Herb, Grass - slender sprawling Perennial
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Size: to 30 cm
  • Flowers: Erect Panicle to 13 cm in height
  • Fruit: caryopse
  • Vegetation Type: open eucalypt forest
  • Species List: Stratford Park, BSDoonan, Grass book, Mill Point, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, NPA Botany 07, Lake Cooroibah West, Heritage Park

Identification Notes

spikelets 2 mm long, inflorescences mostly less than 6 cm long with 2-4 primary branches. Ligule short to obscure.no awns. slender Leaves are flat and taper to point. Ligule is a short membranous rim with a ragged edge and some long hairs on each Lateral margin.

Landscaping Notes

Groundcover, shade,part shade.

  • Ottochloa gracillima
  • Ottochloa gracillima
  • Ottochloa gracillima
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