New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1491229E 5221205N (WGS84 -43.154082 171.662176)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43°9.242´ S 171°39.71´ E (WGS84 -43.154033 171.661833)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 1740m
Habitat:
Short dense turf, gentle slope, moist. NE facing.
Abundance:
Local
Notes:
Rhizomatous; longish prominantly veined sheath; short ligule. Leaves faintly channelled, slightly bluish, some leaves with scabrid apices (it looks as if they become smooth with age). Culm terete; few flowered; rachilla scabrid above and with a red tipped appendage; lower two flowers female 3 stigmas (& anthers but not dehiscing!), nut trigonous, utricles brown to blackish red, occasionally beak scabrid but mostly smooth.