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Rytidosperma gracile
Also called Wallaby‑grass
Dainty bristle grass (wallaby-grass) is a small, tufted perennial grass native to southeastern Australia and New Zealand. It is grown in gardens and lawns for its fine texture and tolerance of cool, moist conditions.
Rytidosperma gracile, also known as forest fairy grass and dainty bristle grass (New Zealand), or dainty wallaby grass (Australia) is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae. It is indigenous to New Zealand and Australia and was described in the Handbook of New Zealand Flora as Danthonia gracilis in 1853 by Joseph Dalton Hooker.
R. gracile is indigenous to New Zealand and Australia and introduced and naturalised in Hawaii, USA.
Lobed Wallaby Grass · Rytidosperma australe · Wallaby Grass · Leafy Wallaby Grass · Rytidosperma buchananii · Ringed Wallaby Grass · Short Wallaby Grass · Bristle Grass · Rytidosperma corinum · Hill Wallaby Grass · Mountain Twitch · Rytidosperma horrens
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rytidosperma gracile by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
