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Rytidosperma biannulare
Also called Gumland Bristle Grass
Wallaby grass (Rytidosperma biannulare) is a tussock-forming perennial grass native to New Zealand, growing up to about 85 cm tall. It is best treated as a hardy, low-input native grass for open, free-draining sites.
Rytidosperma biannulare, also known as gumland bristle grass, is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is naturalised in Hawaii and Oregon, and is considered casual in California. It was originally described as Notodanthonia biannularis in 1963 by Russian-New Zealand botanist Victor Zotov.
Rytidosperma biannulare is endemic to New Zealand, and found on both the North Island and the South Island. In the North Island, it is mainly found in northern areas from Surville Cliffs (including Northland, Auckland, the Coromandel, and Western Bay of Plenty). South of there, it is very scattered until the Cook Strait area, including Wellington and the northern South Island (Nelson and Marlborough).
Lobed Wallaby Grass · Rytidosperma australe · Leafy Wallaby Grass · Rytidosperma buchananii · Ringed Wallaby Grass · Short Wallaby Grass · Bristle Grass · Rytidosperma corinum · Hill Wallaby Grass · Mountain Twitch · Dainty Bristle Grass · Rytidosperma horrens
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rytidosperma biannulare by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
