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This species is accepted, and its native range is New Zealand South Island.

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Morphology General Habit
Perennial; caespitose; clumped loosely. Culms 30-60 cm long; 3-4 -noded. Leaf-sheaths 5-20 cm long; glabrous on surface. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long. Leaf-blades 15-30 cm long; 4-8 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation comprising 15 vascular bundles. Leaf-blade surface ribbed; with rectangular ribs; pubescent; hairy adaxially.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; ovate; 8-15 cm long. Primary panicle branches drooping; 2 -nate. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels 5-10 mm long; puberulous to villous; hairy above.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets comprising 2 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 7 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Fertile
Spikelets comprising 2 basal sterile florets; 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 7 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes persistent; similar; exceeding apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma; shiny. Lower glume ovate; 1 length of upper glume; membranous; much thinner on margins; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; 7 mm long; 1 length of spikelet; membranous; with scarious margins; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Basal sterile florets similar; male; with palea; attached to and deciduous with the fertile. Lemma of lower sterile floret oblong; 6 mm long; chartaceous; light brown; 1-keeled; pubescent; hairy below; ciliate on margins; dentate; 2 -fid; acute; awned. Awn of lower sterile floret dorsal; arising 0.33 way up back of lemma; geniculate; 6 mm long. Palea of lower sterile floret pubescent; adorned on keels. Lemma of upper sterile floret oblong; 1 length of lower sterile floret; chartaceous; ciliate on margins; dentate; 2 -fid; acute; awned. Awn of upper sterile floret dorsal; arising 0.33 way up back of lemma; geniculate; 6 mm long. Fertile lemma ovate; 5 mm long; cartilaginous; shiny; without keel. Lemma surface pubescent; hairy above. Lemma margins convolute; covering most of palea. Lemma apex muticous, or mucronate. Principal lemma awn subapical. Palea elliptic; without keels.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Anthers 2 (bisexual), or 3 (male); 2.5 mm long. Ovary glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Caryopsis with adherent pericarp.
Distribution
Australasia: New Zealand.
Reference
Aveneae. Zotov 1994.

Native to:

New Zealand South

Anthoxanthum equisetum (Zotov) ined. appears in other Kew resources:

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.

GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0