Polypogon viridis
Common name
Water bent
Family
Poaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Grasses
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
POLVIR
Conservation status
Not applicable
Year naturalised
1935
Origin
Mediterranean and N. Africa
Etymology
viridis: From the Latin viridis ‘green’