Class
Order
Family
Genus
Glaucous upland tussocks with intravaginal branching. Leaf-sheath 3–15 cm, wider than leaf-blade. Leaf-blade 10–30 cm, hexagonal or nearly so, smooth or scabrid at thickened collar; T.S.: 5 vascular bundles, 7 sclerenchyma strands. Culm (10)–40–100 cm, much taller than leaves; nodes evident. Panicle (2.5)–7–20 cm, with open, pulvinate branches; rachis prickle-toothed. Spikelets 10–20 mm. Lemmas usually glabrous, glaucous; awn 1–2–(4) mm. Lodicules usually hair-tipped. Anthers yellow to purple. Ovary commonly with hispid apical hairs.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Endemic) | 4 |
Total | 4 |