African Lovegrass - Eragrostis Curvula

Perennial grass to 1m, forming a solid tussock.

Leaves blue-green, 0.3cm wide and up to 30cm long.

Inflorescence[...]

Chilean Needlegrass - Nassella Neesiana

Tufted perennial to 0.8m. Leaves hairy, 2.5mm wide.

Inflorescence 10-40cm long, bearing red-purple spikelets with awns 4[...]

Coolatai Grass - Hyparrhenia Hirta

Annual, tufted perennial to 1.2m.

Leaf sheaths often hairless, leaf blades to 3mm wide.

Summer flowering in a loose [...]

Giant Rat's Tail Grass - Sporobolus Pyramidalis, S.natalensis

Robust, tufted perennial grass 1-1.7m high.

The inflorescence can be up to 40cm long and 3cm w[...]

Grader Grass - Themeda Quadrivalvis

Clumping annual or perennial grass to 2m tall.

Inflorescence an erect panicle to 1.3m tall.

Spikelets with long tub[...]

Hymenachne - Hymenachne Amplexicaulis

Perennial erect aquatic grass to 2.5m tall, with stout rhizomes.

Leaves 10-45cm long and 3cm wide, clasp around the stem a[...]

Johnson Grass - Sorghum Halepense

Clumping erect perennial grass to 2m, with stout rhizomes.

Leaf blades to 40cm long and 12mm wide.

Seed heads are pro[...]

Mexican Feather Grass - Nassella Tenuissima

Perennial tussock grass to 70cm tall. Leaves inrolled, fine, scabrous, 60cm long.

Flower head partly held by the enc[...]

Parramatta Grasses - Sporobolus Africanus, S.fertilis

Tufted perennial grass to 0.75m high.

The narrow spike-like inflorescence can be up to 30cm long.

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Sandburr - Cenchrus Incertus

Grass 10-30cm tall with many flattened stems arising from the base.

Leaves taper to a fine point.

Fruit are plae green bur[...]

Serrated Tussock - Nassella Trichotoma

Perennial tussock grass to 60cm tall. Leaves fine, inrolled, scabrid.

Nodes softly hairy, concealed by leaf sheath.

White Foxtail - Pennisetum Villosum

Tufted perennial grass to 90cm high.

Leaves are long and narrow, tapered.

Long slender stems bear flowering heads t[...]