Restio gaudichaudianus Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Restionaceae > Restio

Characteristics

Plants tangled, without rhizomes, 0.3-1.2 m high; stolons present or absent. Culms much-branched, smooth, finely rugulose or finely warty. Leaf sheaths flat or loosely wrapped around culms, persistent. Male and female inflorescences: 1 or 2 spikelets per culm; spathes absent. Spikelets compact, 4-8 mm long (female spikelets small, ± 4 mm long), several to many-flowered. Bracts with minute awns or awns absent. Ovary unilocular; styles 2, stylopodium present. Flowering time most months. Fruit a dehiscent capsule.
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Dioecious, stoloniferous, tangled or tufted perennial to 1.2 m, culms branched, obscurely tubercled, sheaths spreading, often golden-speckled, floral bracts obtuse to acute.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.2
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.2
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Restio gaudichaudianus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:716239-1
WFO ID wfo-0000512503
COL ID 4RTFD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Restio gaudichaudianus Restio lucaeanus Ischyrolepis gaudichaudiana Restio ferruginosus Restio cirratus Restio elatus Restio microstachys Restio gaudichaudianus var. microstachyus