Chionochloa flavescens, known as broad-leaved snow tussock or haumata in Māori. Endemic to New Zealand, there are several different sub species that look very similar. The leaves which are up to one centimetre wide is larger than most tussocks similar to it. The flower-plumes of about 30 centimetres (12 inches) appear around December to January and are quite open compared to C. conspicua and C. flavicans.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Broad-leaved Snow Tussock being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chionochloa rigida
- Chionochloa macra
- Chionochloa conspicua
- Chionochloa flavicans
- Chionochloa antarctica
- Poa flabellata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Chionochloa
- Species
- Chionochloa flavescens
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