Scientific Name: Zoysia macrantha subsp. walshii

Common Name: prickly couch

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Poaceae

Form Description: Low-growing smooth perennial grass with well-developed rhizomes. Internodes short and purplish, and surrounded by shining, striped, straw-coloured scales.

Flowers: A short spike, up to 1.5cm long.

Fruit: Caryopsis

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKing IslandNorthern MidlandsWest Coast
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Habitat Notes

Mostly coastal, especially on granite-derived sands, often just above the high-tide mark.

General Notes

Commonly grazed by marsupials.

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