Dainty bristle grass

Rytidosperma gracile, also known as forest fairy grass and dainty bristle grass (New Zealand), or dainty wallaby grass (Australia) is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae. It is indigenous to New Zealand and Australia and was described in the Handbook of New Zealand Flora as Danthonia gracilis in 1853 by Joseph Dalton Hooker.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Dainty bristle grass 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

• Rytidosperma unarede
• Rytidosperma racemosum
• Rytidosperma penicillatum
• Rytidosperma clavatum
• Rytidosperma setaceum
• Rytidosperma longifolium

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Rytidosperma

Species

Rytidosperma gracile

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