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Lachnagrostis filiformis.Toherāoa. Grass.

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Deyeuxia filiformis, Deyeuxia forsteri

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toherāoa, turikōkā, perehia, repehina, repehia (all in Williams 1971) 

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"The toheraoa plant is said to be so called because if a portion of the seed-head gets into food it will choke a person. Deaths have so occurred" (Best 1907)

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28 May 2007
30 October 2023
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