Bothriochloa bladhii (POACEAE) Forest Bluegrass

Plants to Plant

Aromatic leaves

Widespread perennial grass to 1 metre in woodland on better soils, native to Africa, India, Australia and the Pacific. Fairly drought tolerant. Leaves strongly aromatic when crushed, smelling and tasting like turpentine. In Queensland it seeds from December to late autumn.

Photo: Robert Whyte

Seed collecting and propagation

Can be propagated by seed or division.