Microlaena stipoides

Common name: Weeping Grass

Meaning of name:

Microlaena is from the Greek words micros, meaning small, and chlaina, meaning cloak. Stipoides refers to the genus Stipa and the suffix oides means like.

Distribution:

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia. Also occurs in south eastern and eastern Australia.

Description:

A slender perennial to 60 centimetres tall. The flowers are produced from September to November.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Description and key to the identification of Grasses in South-Western Australia. JG Paterson. 1992.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2916956

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/485