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Rytidosperma penicillatum
Slender Wallaby Grass
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Rytidosperma penicillatum is a species of true grass in the subfamily Danthonioideae. It is indigenous to Australia and naturalised in New Zealand and Hawaii, USA. It was described as Arundo penicillata in 1850 by French botanist Jacques Labillardière.
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Seasonality
Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 10 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 41 · GBIF 17 records
Kalialinui · MauiiNat 19 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 4 ✓
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 1
Kahikinui · MauiiNat 1
Kamaʻole · MauiGBIF 1
Nakula · MauiGBIF 1