Dactyloctenium radulans
Button Grass
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Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Gramineae
- Genus
- Dactyloctenium
- Life cycle
- annual
- Height
- 0.2 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Edible uses
Seed - raw or cooked[1].
Environment
- Range
- Australia - New South Wales.
- Habitat
- Grows near the coast[2].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
Seed -
Cultivation
None known
References
Cribb. A. B. and J. W. Wild Food in Australia. Fontana 1976-00-00 ISBN 0-00-634436-4
Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Flora of the Sydney Region Reed. Australia. 1993-00-00 ISBN 0730104001