Staberoha cernua T.Durand & Schinz

Copper bells (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Restionaceae > Staberoha

Characteristics

Plants tufted, 0.25-0.50 m high. Culms unbranched, round. Leaf sheaths persistent, closely convolute, margins entire, upper 1/3 similar in colour and texture to lower 2/3. Male and female inflorescences: 1-few spikelets on branchlets of terminal culms; spathes small with acuminate apex. Bracts hard. Male spikelets pendulous, bell-shaped. Female spikelets erect. Flower with lacerated, keeled or winged lateral sepals, wings as wide as body or wider than body. Ovary unilocular; styles 2, white, flattened, bases free. Flowering time any month. Fruit an indehiscent nutlet.
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Dioecious, tufted perennial to 60 cm, culms simple. Female flowers with finely lacerate wings, male spikelets numerous, 5-7 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.5
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Environment

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Soil texture 6-7
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Usage

Uses environmental use
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Staberoha cernua world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:716474-1
WFO ID wfo-0000557569
COL ID 6ZFLS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Restio umbellatus Staberoha cernua Restio cernuus Thamnochortus cernuus