Kneed Wallaby-grass

Fine leaved and low growing perennial grass, with sweet fluffy seed-heads on fine stems.

The diminutive stature make the Wallaby-grass a great choice for a native lawn on a dry site. Not for high traffic areas, but useful for replacing an exotic lawn with a low, water-use alternative that requires no mowing. In general, Wallaby-grasses grow in tussocks, so they don’t make a turf. But they seed out profusely, filling available spaces. Most seedlings emerge in areas with fine gravel, such as the edge of pathways. Wallaby-grasses are suited to sites with full sun and they are incredibly resilient to extreme heat and dry, coping with conditions that turn other lawns to a crisp.  Seeds are devoured by Red-browed Finches and other small, seeding-eating birds.