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Rytidosperma nudum

Rytidosperma nudum is a perennial tussock grass native to New Zealand's North Island, belonging to the wallaby grass group. It is a wild species, grown mainly for native planting and restoration rather than as a garden feature.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water during establishment, then rely mostly on rainfall; tolerates dry spells once established.
Soil
Free-draining soil, tolerant of poor and infertile ground.
Temperature
Hardy in cool to mild temperate and subtropical conditions; protect from severe frost in cold climates.
How easy
Easy
Native range
New Zealand North I.
Climate
subtropical

About

Rytidosperma nudum is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae. It is endemic to New Zealand and was described in the Handbook of New Zealand Flora as Danthonia nuda in 1855 by Joseph Dalton Hooker.

Other Rytidosperma plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rytidosperma nudum 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.

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