Wīwī is a common name for several species of New Zealand rushes and sedges whose individual plants grow as a clump with wire-like stems. The name ''wīwī'' has been adopted in English from the
Māori language
Māori (), or ('the Māori language'), also known as ('the language'), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. Closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and ...
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Ficinia nodosa
''Ficinia nodosa'', the knotted club-rush or knobby club-rush, is a Rhizome, rhizomatous Perennial plant, perennial in the family Cyperaceae, native to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Widespread in the Southern Hemisphere, ''Ficinia no ...
'', knobby club-rush, a sedge native to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa
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Juncus australis
''Juncus australis'' is a species of rush known by the common names austral rush, leafless rush and wīwī. The species is native to south-eastern Australia and New Zealand, where it can be found around bodies of water.
Its habitat is wet or s ...
'', austral rush, native to New Zealand and Australia
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Juncus edgariae
''Juncus edgariae'' is a species of rush, commonly called Edgar's rush or wīwī, that is endemic to New Zealand.
The species was described in 2001 by Lawrie Johnson and Karen Wilson. It had previously been confused with ''Juncus gregiflorus' ...
'', Edgar's rush, endemic to New Zealand
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Juncus kraussii
''Juncus kraussii'' commonly known as salt marsh rush, sea rush, jointed rush, matting rush or dune slack rush, is of the monocot family Juncaceae and genus Juncus. It grows in salt marshes, estuarine and coastal areas.
This species is ideal a ...
'', sea rush, native to New Zealand, Australia, South America and southern Africa
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Juncus pallidus
''Juncus pallidus'', commonly known as the great soft-rush pale rush, giant rush, or leafless rush is a species of rush that is native to southern Australia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and Lord Howe Island. It is a vigorous, tufted, tussock- ...
'', giant rush, native to New Zealand and Australia
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Juncus sarophorus
''Juncus sarophorus'', the broom rush or fan-flowered rush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Juncaceae. Native to southeastern Australia, and all of New Zealand except the Kermadec Islands, it also has been introduced to Great Britai ...
'', broom rush, native to New Zealand and Australia
The name ''wīwī'' is sometimes used for a tussock grass with narrow wire-like leaves, though ''wī'' is more usual for this.
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Poa cita'', silver tussock, a tussock grass endemic to New Zealand
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