Propagation
Sow fresh seed during spring in situ.

Plant runners (stolons) from spring to summer and keep moist.
Cultivars must be propagated vegetatively to ensure true to type.


Botanic information
Leaf: Ligule: Fringe of hairs
Collar: Continuous, narrow, smooth,hairy on margins
Sheath: Compressed to round, split smooth to sparsely hairy. Auricles: Absent
Vernation: Folded

Flower: The purplish black inflorescence is a 4 to 5 digitate panicle with 5 branches (windmill-like) held erect above the foliage on a slender scape during summer.

Fruit: The pericarp is fused with the seed (caryopsis), these grass seeds are very small, 3,960,000 per kg. The seeds are viable but the plant may be reproduced vegetatively.

Culture
This long-lived grass is found in warm humid to semi-arid regions making it the most widespread flowering plant in the world. It is found both inland and in coastal areas and discolours in the cool autumn period remaining dormant throughout winter. It generally has a medium water requirement once established (Scale: 2-drops from 3) during the growing period.