Detail
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Dichanthium sericeum
Silky Blue-grass
Notes

Uses: An ornamental and hardy native grass. Foliage provides contrast in mixed borders, nature strips and roundabouts. Plant in parks and reserves as a food source for small native mammals and birds.
Requires well-drained soils.

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


:LE: Lake Eyre    
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:NL: Northern Lofty
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 0.7-0.8m
  • Spread 0.4-0.5m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Gramineae
  • Botanical Name Dichanthium sericeum
  • Common Name Silky Blue-grass
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, WA, Qld, Tas, NT
  • Habit Tufting, Clumping
  • Landscape 2nd line coast, Coastal footslopes, Plains
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam
  • pH Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost, Soil salinity
  • Supplementary Watering None
  • Flower Colour Brown
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Spikes
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Grass Sedge or Flax
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region