''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'',
it was transferred into ''
Austrodanthonia'' by
Hans Peter Linder
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in 1993
and finally ''
Rytidosperma
''Rytidosperma'' is a genus of plants in the grass family
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'' in 2011.
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.
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It grows as a perennial clump, with flowering stems from 15 to 60 cm high. It flowers from September to December.
References
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setaceum
Bunchgrasses of Australasia
Poales of Australia
Angiosperms of Western Australia
Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
Flora of South Australia
Flora of Victoria (state)
Flora of Tasmania
Flora of New South Wales