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Anthosachne kingiana
Anthosachne kingiana, tūtae kurī (Māori), short-awned wheat grass (New Zealand), blue grass (Australian), or Phillip Island wheat grass (Australian), is a flowering plant in the family Poaceae (the grass family), from the tribe Triticeae. There are two identified subspecies:
A. kingiana subsp. kingiana - a subspecies indigenous to Phillip Island, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.
A. kingiana subsp. multiflora is indigenous to Aotearoa/New Zealand and Eastern Australia. In Aotearoa/New Zealand it is largely found in coastal areas of the North Island and Eastern South Island. It is largely found in open habitats, such as cliffs and rocks, frequently on limestone. It is sparse south of the Hauraki Gulf, and occasionally occurs inland.
Blue Wheat Grass · Dryland Blue Grass · Anthosachne sacandros · Common Wheatgrass · Blue Wheatgrass · Blue Grass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthosachne kingiana 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.
