Poa litorosa
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| Poa litorosa | |
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| Botanist Leonard Cockayne with Poa litorosa on Ewing Island, November 1907 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Poa |
| Species: | P. litorosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Poa litorosa | |
| Synonyms | |
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Poa litorosa is a species of tussock grass that is native to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia. The specific epithet litorosa comes from the Latin litoralis (“pertaining to the seashore”).