Chionochloa crassiuscula subsp. crassiuscula (Cheeseman) Zotov

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Short, stout, robust tussocks. Leaf-sheath to 8 cm, glabrous, pale or dark brown. Ligule to 1 mm. Leaf-blade to 30 cm × 6 mm, very coriaceous, curved, shortly tapering to very pungent apex, adaxially with abundant prickle-teeth at base. Lemma to 4.5 mm; hairs dense on margin and aside central nerve, few or absent elsewhere.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Distribution

Chionochloa crassiuscula subsp. crassiuscula world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77170075-1
WFO ID wfo-0001099025
COL ID 7JLMT
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Synonyms

Chionochloa pungens Danthonia pungens Chionochloa crassiuscula subsp. crassiuscula