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Chionochloa rigida
Chionochloa rigida, known commonly as narrow-leaved snow tussock and by its Māori name wī kura, is a species of tussock grass endemic to New Zealand. Two subspecies are recognised, including Chionochloa rigida rigida and Chionochloa rigida amara.
Found throughout the lower half of the South Island, from Banks Peninsula and east of the Southern Alps through to Southland.
Snow Tussock · Carpet Grass · Broad Leaved Snow Tussock · Broad Leaved Snow Tussock · Chionochloa howensis · Mid Ribbed Snow Tussock · Red tussock grass · Snow Grass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chionochloa rigida 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.
