Elegia equisetacea Mast.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Restionaceae > Elegia

Characteristics

Plants tufted, 1-2 m high; rhizomes and stolons absent. Culms unbranched or branches whorled at nodes; sterile branches often present at nodes in young plants. Leaf sheaths > 1 per culm with upper 1/3 abruptly different in colour and texture from base and soon decaying; loosely convolute, margins entire, reddish brown with a few tan speckles. Male inflorescences with 50-500 or more spikelets; spathes caducous, taller than spikelets, cartilaginous. Female inflorescences with 6-50 spikelets; spathes longer and obscuring spikelets, persistent, cartilaginous. Ovary unilocular; styles 3, bases free. Flowering time Aug.-Oct. Fruit an indehiscent nut, ovary wall softer; elaiosome absent.
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Dioecious, tufted perennial to 2 m, culms simple or with a few verticillate branches (only in juvenile stages). Female inflorescences with prominent spathellae.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.75
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 11-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Elegia equisetacea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:715836-1
WFO ID wfo-0000402216
COL ID 396YK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Elegia equisetacea Elegia propinqua var. equisetacea