Chionochloa flavescens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Chionochloa
- Species
- Chionochloa flavescens
- Scientific Name
- Chionochloa flavescens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chionochloa flavescens
Chionochloa flavescens, known as broad-leaved snow tussock or haumata in Māori. Endemic to New Zealand, there are several different sub species that look very similar. The leaves which are up to one centimetre wide is larger than most tussocks similar to it. The flower-plumes of about 30 centimetres (12 inches) appear around December to January and are quite open compared to C. conspicua and C. flavicans.
...Chionochloa flavescens in languages:
- English
- Broad-leaved Snow Tussock
- English
- Broad Leaved Snow Tussock
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Chionochloa acicularis
- Chionochloa antarctica
- Chionochloa australis
- Chionochloa beddiei
- Chionochloa bromoides
- Chionochloa cheesemanii
- Chionochloa conspicua
- Chionochloa crassiuscula
- Chionochloa defracta
- Chionochloa flavescens
- Chionochloa flavicans
- Chionochloa frigida
- Chionochloa howensis
- Chionochloa juncea
- Chionochloa lanea
- Chionochloa macra
- Chionochloa nivifera
- Chionochloa oreophila
- Chionochloa ovata
- Chionochloa pallens
- Chionochloa rigida
- Chionochloa rubra
- Chionochloa spiralis
- Chionochloa teretifolia
- Chionochloa vireta






































