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Dryland Blue Grass

Anthosachne falcis

Dryland Blue Grass
Photo: Joe Potter Butler, CC BY 4.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
New Zealand South I.
Climate
temperate

About

Anthosachne falcis, the dryland blue grass, is a species of true grass of the tribe Triticeae. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Where it grows

Anthosachne falcis is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, found only within the inland Waimakariri, Ashburton, Waitaki, and Taieri River basins.

Other Anthosachne plants

Blue Wheat Grass · Blue Grass · Anthosachne sacandros · Common Wheatgrass · Blue Wheatgrass · Blue Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthosachne falcis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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