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Plumed tussock grass

Chionochloa conspicua (G.Forst.) Zotov

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Chionochloa

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Plumed tussock grass: Botanical specimen in the Palmengarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Chinese
白穗茅
English
Plumed tussock grass, Snow grass
Māori
Hunangāmoho

Synonyms

  • Achnatherum conspicuum (G.Forst.) P.Beauv.
  • Agrostis conspicua (G.Forst.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Arundo conspicua G.Forst.
  • Calamagrostis conspicua (G.Forst.) J.F.Gmel.
  • Cortaderia conspicua (E.Forst.) Stapf
  • Cortaderia conspicua (G.Forst.) Stapf
  • Deyeuxia conspicua (G.Forst.) Zotov

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.