Slender Shade Grass

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One of the few grasses that grow in the shade and can withstand mowing. Common African, Asian, and Australian grass. The species vary from Ottochloa gracillima, grandiflora, and nodosa. It is a slender spreading perennial that grows upwards of 30 cm in height, often forming mats, with sheath glabrous or sparsely hispid leaves with tubercle-based hairs approx. .25 mm long, with cilia upwards of 1 mm in length, blades are usually linear-lanceolate 1.5-6 mm in width. More information: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ottochloa~gracillima

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