Rytidosperma setaceum
Species of plant
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Rytidosperma setaceum, known by various common names including small-flowered wallaby-grass, mulga- or bristly wallaby-grass, is a species of grass native to Australia. Originally described by Robert Brown under the name Danthonia setacea,[2] it was transferred into Austrodanthonia by Hans Peter Linder in 1993[3] and finally Rytidosperma in 2011.[1][4]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Rytidosperma |
| Species: | R. setaceum |
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From the earlier name, setacea means bristle or stiff hair. It is a species with short bristles and the smallest delicate in appearance of the wallaby grasses.[5]
It grows as a perennial clump, with flowering stems from 15 to 60 cm high. It flowers from September to December.