{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Oioi|0101}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2024}} {{Speciesbox | image = Apodasmia similis11.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = | genus = Apodasmia (plant) | species = similis | authority = B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson<ref>Briggs, B.G.; Johnson, L.A.S. 1998: New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. ''Telopea'' 8(1): 21-33.</ref> | synonyms = ''Leptocarpus similis'' <small>Edgar</small> }}

'''''Apodasmia similis''''', also known as '''oioi''' or '''jointed wire rush''', is a plant that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a coastal plant but is also found around peat bogs and hot springs. It flowers from October to December and bears fruit from December to March. The flower colour for this species is described as brown and red/pink.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apodasmia similis |url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/apodasmia-similis/ |access-date=2026-05-20 |website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |language=en}}</ref>

== Importance == ''Apodasmia similis'', along with ''Empodisma minus'', are the respective host plants of the two species of leafhoppers, ''Paracephaleus hudsoni'' and ''Paracephaleus curtus'', native to New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Walker|first=Annette|last2=Larivière|first2=Marie-Claude|date=2014-07-01|title=Confirmation of host plant relationships between the two species of waka leafhoppers, Paracephaleus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ulopinae) and rushes in New Zealand|url=https://weta.ento.org.nz/index.php/weta/article/view/157|journal=The Wētā|language=en|volume=47|pages=12–16}}</ref>

==See also== *Wetlands of New Zealand

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==External links== {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies|Apodasmia similis}} *[http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/estuaries/3/4 Oioi] at Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand *[http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=2052 ''Apodasmia similis''] at the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

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Category:Flora of New Zealand Category:Restionaceae Category:Taxa named by Barbara G. Briggs Category:Taxa named by Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson

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