Bothriochloa macra

Bothriochloa macra, commonly known as red-leg grass or pitted beard grass, is a tufted perennial grass in the family Poaceae native to eastern Australia and New Zealand. It forms loose clumps with slender, often reddish-tinged stems that can reach around 50-80 cm in height, arising from a knotted basal crown. The narrow, blue-green leaves are typically flat to slightly inrolled and may turn pinkish-red, especially at the nodes, giving rise to the common name. The inflorescence is a slender, digitate panicle of two to several silvery, hairy racemes at the stem apex, with paired spikelets bearing a single bent awn. It is an important warm-season native pasture grass of grassy woodlands and disturbed ground, and is naturalised in Tasmania and Norfolk Island.