Rhodocoma fruticosa (Thunb.) H.P.Linder

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Restionaceae > Rhodocoma

Characteristics

Plants in large clumps, up to 0.8 m high; spreading from rhizomes, forming patches of 0.3-1.0 m in diam. Culms unbranched, slender, 1-2 mm in diam. at base, blue-green. Leaf sheaths persistent, closely wrapped around the culm, upper half membranous, becoming lacerated. Male and female inflorescences: many on nodes of terminal branchlets. Spathes small, frayed with age. Bracts papery. Male spikelets pendulous, spindle-shaped, erect when young. Female spikelets clustered at nodes. Flower with cartilaginous perianth. Ovary trilocular; styles 3, plumose, free. Flowering time Apr.-July. Fruit a dehiscent capsule.
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Dioecious, rhizomatous perennial to 80 cm, culms simple, smooth. Male flowers in drooping, paniculate spikelets.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.8
Root system rhizome
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Soil texture 6-7
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Rhodocoma fruticosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942216-1
WFO ID wfo-0000513012
COL ID 4SF62
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Restio macowanii Restio paleaceus Rhodocoma fruticosa Leptocarpus modestus Restio fruticosus Thamnochortus modestus