Habitat: bank, cliff, coast, dry, gravel, lake margin, lava, margin, moist, open, pasture, roadside, rock outcrop, sand, sheltered, wasteland

Dispersal: Seed, vegetative

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a perennial, mat-forming grass with rhizomes and long creeping, branched stolons.
  • its leaves green or glaucous, up to 9 cm long and glabrous or with scattered hairs.
  • its inflorescence up to 50 cm long, erect, with flowering heads up to 6 cm long, and spikelets in two rows.
 Images
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.