Hydrophilus rattrayi (Pillans) H.P.Linder

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Restionaceae > Hydrophilus

Characteristics

Plants forming tangled clumps, rhizomatous, often tangled with other plants. Culms sparsely branched. Leaf sheaths tightly wrapped around culms, persistent. Inflorescences: male and female ones with several white, papery spikelets per culm; spathes absent; bracts papery, silvery, shiny. Female flowers: inner tepals membranous, lateral ones keeled; ovary unilocular; styles 2, fused at base. Flowering time all year. Fruit a nutlet.
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Dioecious, tangled perennial to 1 m, forming spreading clumps, culms simple or sparsely branched, sheaths persistent. Spikelets 15-25 mm, bracts papery, pale to silver.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Hydrophilus rattrayi world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914078-1
WFO ID wfo-0000443520
COL ID 3N85W
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Synonyms

Leptocarpus rattrayi Hydrophilus rattrayi