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Rytidosperma tenuius, or purplish wallaby grass, is an Australian species of wallaby grass found in south eastern Australia, usually on clay or sandy soils in the drier eucalyptus woodlands.[1] The grass may grow up to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) tall. The spikelets have a purple tinged margins when old. The specific epithet tenuius is derived from the Latin for thin.[2]

Rytidosperma tenuius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Rytidosperma
Species:	R. tenuius
Binomial name
Rytidosperma tenuius (Steud.) Connor & Edgar
Synonyms
Austrodanthonia tenuior (Steud.) H.P.Linder Danthonia tenuior (Steud.) Conert Danthonia purpurascens Vickery

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