Nassella tenuissima is a species of grass known by the common names Mexican feathergrass,[2]finestem needlegrass,[3]fineleaved nassella,[4] and Argentine needle-grass.[5] It is native to the south-western United States, northern Mexico[4] and Argentina.[5] It is well-matched to climate in Australia and can be harmful to the Australian environment.[6]
It is still widely referenced in botanical and horticultural literature under its synonym Stipa tenuissima, and has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit under that name. [7]
^The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 29 December 2016
^McLaren D, Whattam M, Blood K, Stajsic V, Hore R. 1999. Mexican feather grass (Nassella tenuissima): a potential disaster for Australia, 12th Australian Weeds Conference, 12–16 September, Hobart, Tasmania, 658–62.
^Nassella tenuissima. USDA PLANTS Profile.
^ abBarkworth, M. Nassella tenuissima. In: Barkworth et al. (eds.), Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
^ abStace, Clive (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 994. ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5.
^McLaren, David; Stajsic, Val; Iaconis, Linda (2004). "The distribution, impacts and identification of exotic stipoid grasses in Australia" (PDF). Plant Protection Quarterly. 19 (2). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^"Stipa tenuissima". RHS. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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