Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Gramineae Juss.
Genus
Oplismenus P.Beauv.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 54, 168, 170 (1812) subsp. hirtellus
 Description

Leaf-blade (1.5)–4–10 cm × (2)–4–12 mm, ovate-lanceolate. Panicle (6)–8–17 cm; rachis of racemelets and of spikelet-clusters 5–15–(30) mm. Spikelets 4–12 in lower racemelets and clusters, paired or solitary near apex of rachis. Awn of upper glume 1–1.5–(2) mm.

[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Naturally Uncommon]
Edgar, E.; Connor, H.E. 2010: Flora of New Zealand Volume V Grasses. Edition 2. Manaaki Whenua Press.
Linnaeus, C. 1759: Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae. Vol. 2. Edition 10. Stockholm.
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812: Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie. Paris.