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Rytidosperma horrens is a small tufted tussock grass endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, found only in the upper Maitland Catchment above Lake Ohau. It is a wild subalpine species rarely grown in gardens, so cultivation advice is limited.
Rytidosperma horrens is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae. It is endemic to New Zealand and was described as Rytidosperma horrens in 2005 by New Zealand botanists Brian Molloy and Henry Connor.
R. horrens is endemic to New Zealand, and is found only in the upper Maitland Catchment above Lake Ohau, in the South Island.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rytidosperma horrens 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.
