Detail
categories-4
Bothriochloa macra
Red Leg Grass
Notes

Uses: A clumping perennial useful as a accent in native landscapes, or in groups in wide median strips or roundabouts with other grasses or strap leaved plants. Fast growing. Bird and butterfly attracting, lizard habitat and used by birds for nesting material.
Requires well-drained soils.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

:NW: North Western  
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 0.4-0.8m
  • Spread 0.2-0.4m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Poaceae
  • Botanical Name Bothriochloa macra
  • Common Name Red Leg Grass
  • Origin SA
  • Habit Clumping, Upright, Slender
  • Landscape Footslopes, Hills, Plains
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Purple
  • Flowering Time Autumn, Summer
  • Flower Type Grass panicle
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Grass Sedge or Flax
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region