Hypodiscus willdenovia Mast.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Restionaceae > Hypodiscus

Characteristics

Plants insignificant, spreading by long rhizomes. Culms forming long straight lines, or patchy, unbranched and striped, flattened and twisted, 0.2-0.5 m high. Leaf sheaths closely wrapped around culms, green, upper margin membranous, persistent. Male and female inflorescences: 1 spikelet per culm; spathes small. Spikelets spindle-shaped, with several flowers. Bracts longer than flowers. Female perianth: tepals membranous, longer than nut. Ovary unilocular; styles 2, plumose, joined at base. Flowering time May-Aug. Fruit a nut, overtopped by perianth; elaiosome present.
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Dioecious, rhizomatous perennial to 40 cm, culms evenly spaced on rhizome, simple, compressed, striate. Spikelets solitary. Nut smooth.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 5-6
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Hypodiscus willdenovia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:715912-1
WFO ID wfo-0000444412
COL ID 3NVHC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Restio sulcatus Willdenowia striata Hypodiscus willdenovia Lepidanthus willdenowia