Elegia vaginulata Mast.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Restionaceae > Elegia

Characteristics

Plants mat-forming, 0.2-0.5 m high; rhizomes spreading, unbranched or sparsely branched. Culms unbranched, round (not compressed), solid or with a small central cavity, smooth or finely rugulose. Clusters of sterile branches absent. Leaf sheaths > 1 per culm, caducous, loosely convolute. Male inflorescences with 20-100 spikelets, spathes caducous, taller than spikelets, cartilaginous. Female inflorescences with 1-10 spikelets, spathes longer than spikelets, persistent, cartilaginous. Ovary unilocular; styles 3, white and plumose, bases free. Flowering time Oct.-Jan. Fruit an indehiscent nut.
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Dioecious, often mat-forming, perennial to 50 cm, with culms arising from spreading rhizomes, sheaths deciduous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

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Distribution

Elegia vaginulata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:715880-1
WFO ID wfo-0000402506
COL ID 3972D
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Elegia vaginulata