Habitat: bank, coast, flat , gravel, lake margin, lowland, margin, moist, open, pasture, peat, riparian, roadside, rock outcrop, sand, shaded, shrubland, silt, slope, stone, terrace, wasteland, wetland

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 grass with numerous long-creeping stolons.
  • its leaves up to 9 cm long, soft, flat, and curved at the base.
  • its inflorescence is up to 45 cm long, upright and often bent, and the flower head with a few racemes 2-5 cm long.
  • its seeds are 1.5-2 mm long.
 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
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.