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Rytidosperma nigricans is a small tufted native grass of New Zealand's mountains, with dark purplish-black spikelets. It is a cool-climate, montane plant best grown in cool, moist conditions.
Rytidosperma nigricans is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae. It is endemic to New Zealand and was described as Danthonia semiannularis var. nigricans in 1913 by Scottish-New Zealand botanist Donald Petrie.
R. nigricans is endemic to New Zealand. In the North Island it is found in the Tararua and Remutaka Ranges. In the South Island it is found from Nelson to Southland mainly along the Main Divide, as well as montane zones to the west and rarely to the east. It is also found on Stewart Island.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rytidosperma nigricans 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.
