Rhodocoma capense Nees ex Steud.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Restionaceae > Rhodocoma

Characteristics

Plants bushy, in large clumps, up to 1.5 m high. Culms branched, with many short branches in whorls at nodes along the main culm. Leaf sheaths persistent, closely convolute dark brown, apical margins membranous, becoming lacerated. Male and female spikelets at tip of each upper branch, many-flowered. Female flower with trilocular ovary; styles 3, deep pink, free. Flowering time Sept.-Nov. Fruit a dehiscent capsule.
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Dioecious, tufted perennial to 2 m, culms smooth, with numerous whorled branches, the upper terminating in spikelets.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Soil texture 5-7
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Images

Rhodocoma capense unspecified picture

Distribution

Rhodocoma capense world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:716458-1
WFO ID wfo-0000513004
COL ID 4SF5X
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Synonyms

Rhodocoma capense Rhodocoma equisetum Restio rhodocoma