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Rytidosperma racemosum
Also called Clustered Wallaby Grass
Rytidosperma racemosum or wallaby grass, is a species of grass endemic to eastern Australia, but naturalised in New Zealand, Hawaii (USA), and California (USA). It was described as Danthonia racemosa in 1810 by Scottish botanist Robert Brown. Two varieties are recognized:
Rytidosperma racemosum var. racemosum
The rust fungus Uromyces danthoniae, a species found that grows parasitically on the leaves of several Rytidosperma species in New Zealand and Australia, infects Rytidosperma racemosum. It forms dense clusters of orange-brown aecidia on both surfaces of the leaf.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rytidosperma racemosum 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.
