Puccinellia stricta explained

Puccinellia stricta is a species of grass known by the common names Australian saltmarsh grass, and Marshgrass.^[1] It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1853 as Glyceria stricta from a specimen collected at Akaroa,^[2] but was assigned to the genus, Puccinellia, in 1930 by Carl Hilding Blom.^[3] It is native to New Zealand and Australia, where it is found in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.^[4]

The species is very variable.

It is found on the outer margins of inland salt lakes, and on river and estuary margins.

Notes and References

1. 2022. A.R. Williams, C.M. Weiller, N.G. Walsh. Puccinellia stricta . Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra. 2022-08-31.
2. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. 304.
3. Blom, C.H. (1930), Acta Horti Gothoburgensis 5: 89
4. Web site: Puccinellia stricta (Hook.f.) C.H.Blom Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2022-08-30 . Plants of the World Online . en.