Description
A perennial tufted grass with attractive, hairy inflorescences. Spikelets are covered with long velvety, red, pink to white hairs. It flowers from September to June. It grows in sunny, dry places, in all type of soil but prefers a well-drained soil. It is very pretty when in flower. The birds use the seed heads as nesting material. Named from the Greek meline – name for grain (millet) Melinis is Greek for quince-yellow. The word ‘repens’ means creeping which refers to it’s growth habit.
