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Hypodiscus striatus Mast.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Restionaceae > Hypodiscus

Characteristics

Plants in erect tussocks, 0.2-0.6 m high; rhizomatous. Culms simple, unbranched, striate, green or golden-speckled. Leaf sheaths persistent, closely convolute, apical margins coriaceous, hyaline shoulders absent. Male inflorescences 2-10 spikelets, spathes caducous, shorter than spikelets, cartilaginous; bracts as high as flowers, cartilaginous, brown. Female inflorescences with 1-5 spikelets, spathes shorter than spikelets, cartilaginous, persistent or caducous. Spikelet sessile, oblong or obovate, brown. Ovary uni locular; styles 2, plumose, white, free or fused at base forming a pillar. Flowering time Jan.-July. Fruit an indehiscent nut, nut cap and wall smooth.
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Dioecious, tufted perennial, 0.2-0.6 m tall, often forming widely spreading clumps. Fertile culms blue-green, unbranched, longitudinally grooved, sheaths tightly rolled around culm, green, brown, red-brown or grey. Male spikelets 2 or more, ± globose. Female spikelet solitary, rarely paired, elliptical. Nut torpedo-shaped with truncate bases.
Dioecious, clumped, rhizomatous perennial, 20-60 cm, culms simple, round, striate, bluish. Female spikelet solitary, rarely paired, bracts acuminate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.6
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Soil texture 5-7
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Distribution

Hypodiscus striatus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:715908-1
WFO ID wfo-0000444380
COL ID 3NVH8
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Synonyms

Hypodiscus striatus Hypodiscus gracilis Boeckhia striata
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