Anthosachne scabra

Aorangi Forest Park. Feb 2009.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>.

Rangitikei River bed.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Coromandel, Jan.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Lake Alexandrina, with Festuca novae-zelandiae (brown tussocks).<br>Photographer: Mike Thorsen, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

Blue wheat grass

Synonyms

Elymus scaber (R.Br.) Á.Löve

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Anthosachne scabra (R.Br.) Nevski

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Grasses

NVS code

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ANTSCA

Conservation status

Not applicable

Year naturalised

1982

Origin

Australia. Most recently known in New Zealand as Elymus rectisetus (Nees) Á.Löve et Connor - which is now regarded as a synonym of E. scaber.

Etymology

scabra: Rough, covered with hard short rigid points

Reason For Introduction
Probably accidentally in grass seed from Australia

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