Poa cita, commonly known as the silver tussock, or wī, which is also the Māori name, is a grass of the family Poaceae that is native to New Zealand.[1][2]Poa cita was described and named by Elizabeth Edgar in 1986, having previously being named Poa caespitosa.[1][3]
It grows to 0.3–1.0 metres tall, and sometimes hangs as much as 2 metres long down steep banks. It has very fine, narrow leaves, usually 1–1.5 millimetres and up to 2.5 millimetres wide. Leaf width varies through the country, with narrow, needle-like leaves in the central North Island and relatively wide leaves in the northern North Island.[1]
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^ abcdEdgar, E. (1986). "Poa L. in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 24 (3): 446–448. Bibcode:1986NZJB...24..425E. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1986.10409820.
^"Poa cita Edgar". Flora of New Zealand Online. Landcare Research. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
^"Poa cita Edgar | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
^Lord, Janice M. (1990). "The Maintenance of Poa cita Grassland by Grazing". New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 13 (1): 43–49. ISSN 0110-6465. JSTOR 24053265.
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