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Bristle Grass

Rytidosperma clavatum

Bristle Grass
Photo: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
temperate

About

Rytidosperma clavatum is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae. It is endemic to New Zealand and was described as Notodanthonia clavata in 1963 by Russian-New Zealand botanist Victor Zotov.

Where it grows

R. clavatum is endemic to New Zealand, found in the North Island south of Auckland, throughout the South Island east of the main divide, and on the Chatham Islands. In 2007, a new northernmost record was found at Great Barrier Island, in the Hauraki Gulf.

Other Rytidosperma plants

Lobed Wallaby Grass · Rytidosperma australe · Wallaby Grass · Leafy Wallaby Grass · Rytidosperma buchananii · Ringed Wallaby Grass · Short Wallaby Grass · Rytidosperma corinum · Hill Wallaby Grass · Mountain Twitch · Dainty Bristle Grass · Rytidosperma horrens

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rytidosperma clavatum 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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