Rytidosperma buchananii also known as black-striped danthonia is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae. It is endemic to New Zealand and was described in the Handbook of New Zealand Flora as Danthonia buchanani in 1853 by Joseph Dalton Hooker.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Rytidosperma buchananii 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 setifolium
- Rytidosperma gracile
- Rytidosperma penicillatum
- Poa colensoi
- Rytidosperma unarede
- Pentapogon avenoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Rytidosperma
- Species
- Rytidosperma buchananii
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