New Zealand Map Series 260:
M35 84- 47- (WGS84 -43.479503 172.684651)
Habitat:
from colonies in sand, clearing in Pinus plantation.
Notes:
Stems tall (to 9ft tall), woody, in discrete clumps or colonies. No evidence of flower heads: leaves frosted. Colonies of varied ages, spread over several acres. Strongly rhizomatous. Plant same as I collected there some years ago? Stems to 9ft., ± 5cm at base. Rhizomes stout, ± 10cm diam., some stems branched, branches curved upwards, to 2ft. long. Lowest leaves reduced to sheaths with small lamina, these latter increasing in size with progression up stem. ± 25-26 leaves up a 6ft. stem.Section of rhizome from large clump. Roots shortened - originally to 12in in the sandy soil.