Microlaena stipoides
“Rice Meadowgrass”
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GRASS TO 70 CM TALLPerennial, brilliant green slender foliage, weeping habit, flowers late Spring to Autumn. Extremely shade tolerant, not ideal for hot dry exposed areas. Can be eaten by stock. Frost tolerant.
| Suitability | |
|---|---|
| Category | Grass |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Aspect | Full Sun / Filtered Sun |
| Soil | Moist |
| Habitat | Wet Sclerophyll Forest |
| Features | |
| Shade Tolerant Plants | |
| Localities | |
| Logan City | |
| Host Plant For These Butterflies | |
| Lilac Grass-skipper (Toxidia doubledayi), Ringed Xenica (Geitoneura acantha), Silver Xenica (Oreixenica lathoniella), Spotted Brown (Heteronympha paradelpha), Two-spotted Grass-skipper (Pasma tasmanica), White-banded Grass-dart (Taractrocera papyria), White-margined Grass-dart (Ocybadistes hypomeloma) | |