Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett
Panicle open, spikelets spreading, longer auricular lobe of culm-leaf to 1 mm, usually subtended by a row of hairs ≥ lobe; culm more slender than in subsp. scabra.
S.: Marlborough and around Banks Peninsula, Canterbury. In modified grassland to 250 m.
Naturalised from eastern Australia.
The two subspecies co-occur in Marlborough and in Canterbury and the distinctions between them, as described for Australian plants, may become blurred, as is also true of parts of Australia.
