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Chasmanthium latifolium

Chasmanthium latifolium - Ngatarnga Park, North Shore City.<br>Photographer: Mike Wilcox, 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 names

sea oat

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Grasses

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O.Yates

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1995

Reason for introduction

Horticultural

Life cycle and dispersal

Long-lived perennial grass. Spreads by vegetative reproduction and seed.

Other information

Etymology

latifolium: Broad leaf