Chionochloa flavescens facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Chionochloa flavescens |
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| Broad-leaved snow tussock | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Chionochloa |
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C. flavescens
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| Chionochloa flavescens Zotov
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Chionochloa flavescens, often called the broad-leaved snow tussock or haumata in Māori, is a unique plant. It grows only in New Zealand. There are several types of this plant that look very much alike.
Its leaves can grow up to one centimetre wide. This makes them bigger than the leaves of most other similar tussock plants. The plant also grows tall flower-plumes. These plumes are about 30 centimetres long. They usually appear around December or January. These flowers look quite open and airy.
Types of Broad-Leaved Snow Tussock
There are four main types, or subspecies, of Chionochloa flavescens. These are called subsp. flavescens, subsp. brevis, subsp. hirta, and subsp. lupeola.
The type that people most often grow in gardens is ssp. brevis. This particular subspecies comes from the South Island of New Zealand.
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