Melinis repens

Red Natal Grass at Copmanhurst, NSW

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Identification history

	Melinis repens	3 Apr 2025	Tapirlord
	Unverified	23 Mar 2025	MazzV

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This is known locally as whiskey grass and is a long-naturalized exotic. A moderately tall plant (photo 5), in this situation (photo 1) it is straggling across a concrete path making the most of no competition for sun. The flowerheads are distinctive, and combine yellow and a rusty-pink colour to great effect. Having seen the flowers close-up (photos 2 & 3), it’s no surprise that they create a dramatic sight when late afternoon’s Summer sun passes through a mass of them on a roadside verge (photo 3 is a miniature taste of that). Photo 4 gives a more detailed view of stems & leaf nodes which have hints of red in them.

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Location information

Places Copmanhurst, NSW

Sighting information

3 Abundance
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Grasses Plants

Additional information

1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
True In flower

Species information

Melinis repens Scientific name
Red Natal Grass Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Medium weed or pest
Up to 662m Recorded at altitude
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New South Wales

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