Species

Anthosachne scabra

Etymology

scabra: rough, covered with hard short rigid points

Common Name(s)

blue wheat grass

Authority

Anthosachne scabra (R.Br.) Nevski

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

ANTSCA

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.

Structural Class

Grasses

Synonyms

Elymus scaber (R.Br.) Á.Löve

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.

Reason For Introduction
Probably accidentally in grass seed from Australia

This page last updated on 28 Mar 2011