Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Gramineae Juss.
Genus
Lachnagrostis Trin.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lachnagrostis pilosa (Buchanan) Edgar, New Zealand J. Bot. 33: 27-28 (1995) subsp. pilosa
 Description

Leaf-blade usually flat, sometimes harsh and involute above. Culm internodes usually entirely smooth, sometimes with a few prickle-teeth just below panicle, or rarely scabrid. Lemma 2–2.8 mm, with long hairs in lower ⅔; awn (3)–4.5–8.5 mm, geniculate, middorsal. Palea ½-⅗ length of lemma, nerves scarcely evident. Callus hairs conspicuous, to 1.5 mm, to ½ length of lemma. Rachilla prolongation < 0.5 mm with hairs to c. 1 mm, or often 0. Anthers 0.6–1.2–(1.8) mm.

[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Buchanan, J. 1878: The Indigenous Grasses of New Zealand. Vol. Part I & II. Wellington, N.Z.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Edgar, E. 1995: New Zealand species of Deyeuxia P.Beauv. and Lachnagrostis Trin. (Graminieae: Aveneae)*. New Zealand Journal of Botany 33: 1–33.
Richard, A. 1832: Essai d'une Flore de la Nouvelle Zélande. In: Dumont d'Urville, J. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique. Tastu, Paris.
Zotov, V.D. 1965: Grasses of the Subantarctic Islands of the New Zealand Region. Records of the Dominion Museum, Wellington 5: 101–146.