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Elegia aggregata

Elegia aggregata
Common names: Hermanus riet (Afr.)
Family: Restionaceae

... Sikova Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden January 2014 Elegia aggregata can grow up to 2m tall. The rhizomes of this ... typically have leaves in sheaths along stems (culms). Elegia aggregata has blue-green stems with dark brown sheaths ... fine and dark, and are produced in December to January. Elegia aggregata is one of the fastest growing plants in the ...

06 / 01 / 2014 | Zitobile Sikova | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia capensis

Elegia capensis
Common names: horsetail restio (Eng.); besemriet, fonteinriet, katstert, kanet (Afr.)
Family: Restionaceae

... all the seed is shed in a matter of days, the genus Elegia will have some seed still present even when the main ... regions by resprouting from its underground rhizome. Elegia   Elegia capensis is best displayed near water, whether a small ...

09 / 02 / 2004 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia cuspidata

Elegia cuspidata
Common names: blombiesie (Afr.)
Family: Restionaceae

... Nurrish Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden June 2011 Elegia cuspidata has sturdy upright stems and grows 0.5-1.1 m ... the seed. Tiny shiny brown seeds are released in autumn. Elegia cuspidata is a coastal species endemic to the Western ... themselves and not performing any pollination function. Elegia Elegia cuspidata requires the following growing ...

27 / 06 / 2011 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia equisetacea

Elegia equisetacea
Family: Restionaceae

... Jamieson Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden July 2003 Elegia equisetacea is a medium to tall, tufted, reed-like ... by the wind more effective. A strange feature of the genus Elegia is that a large percentage of the seed is 'empty', ... much energy to form seed that is not viable, is not known. Elegia This species is best used as part of a mixed border or ...

04 / 08 / 2003 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia fenestrata

Elegia fenestrata
Common names: stream golden-reed
Family: Restionaceae

... diameter, growing upright and parallel on a long rhizome. Elegia fenestrata is at its most attractive with new growth, ... function. The underground rhizomes of many species of Elegia produce new coppice growth after fires, which occur regularly in fynbos areas. Elegia To grow any restios successfully, provide a position ...

04 / 05 / 2020 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia filacea

Elegia filacea
Common names: little golden curls
Family: Restionaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden June 2019 Elegia filacea is a reed-like, tufted, evergreen perennial, ... has 21–500 spikelets, which are visible and easy to see. Elegia filacea flowers in early summer to midsummer (October ... are produced. The fruits are small, triangular nutlets. Elegia filacea is widely distributed in the Cape Floristic ...

03 / 06 / 2019 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia fistulosa

Elegia fistulosa
Common names: Hollow Reed, Pypriet
Family: Restionaceae

... bracts are retained and remain showy for almost a year.   Elegia fistulosa  is a widespread and common species, ... their roots in running water. As with all other restios,  Elegia fistulosa  is wind pollinated, although at the height ... and produce seed and slowly die off during the third year. Elegia Elegia fistulosa is very easy to grow and is pest ...

12 / 11 / 2001 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia grandispicata

Male in flower
Common names: none known
Family: Restionaceae

... of 1,5 m with the spread of the crown 0.3-1 m in diameter. Elegia grandispicata has a tufted habit, meaning it does not ... season's flowers appear. Seeds are brown and 3 mm long. Elegia grandispicata occurs from the Cedarberg to the ... experience rainfall varying between 260-3 050 mm per year. Elegia grandispicata is pollinated by the wind. The male ...

24 / 06 / 2013 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia nuda

E. nuda mixed male and female plants
Common names: none known
Family: Restionaceae

... Garden April 2010 Plants are very similar in appearance to Elegia tectorum although E. nuda remains upright while E. tectorum has more of an arching habit. Elegia nuda has finer, shorter culms and a more delicate ... are released just before new flowering stems are produced. Elegia nuda occurs in fynbos vegetation from Darling on the ...

19 / 04 / 2010 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia persistens

Elegia persistens
Common names: handsome goldreed
Family: Restionaceae

... with plant information and Alice Notten for the images. Elegia persistens has a dense, tufted growth habit, 0.3–1m ... winter into spring. The small fruits are actually nutlets. Elegia persistens occurs in the Riviersonderend Mountains, ... of plants as older plants are killed by the flames. Elegia A lovely compact restio for smaller to medium-sized ...

24 / 02 / 2020 | Thembakazi Dyariwe | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia spathacea

Elegia spathacea
Common names: pagoda goldreed (Eng.)
Family: Restionaceae

... images of the inflorescences and sheath, as credited.   Elegia spathacea is an erect, tussock-forming perennial, from ... do not hide the spikelets and are caducous (drop off). Elegia spathacea flowers in mid to late summer or in spring ... about 2 × 1 mm, with a soft ovary wall; nut apex smooth. Elegia spathacea is closely related and similar to E. rigida ...

19 / 04 / 2021 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia stipularis

E. stipularis
Common names: cushion restio
Family: Restionaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden December 2007 Elegia stipularis has a compact, tufted growth habit, ... peninsula, southwestern mountains and Bredasdorp plains. Elegia stipularis is a species found largely on coastal ... of plants as older plants are killed by the flames. Elegia The ideal conditions for this species is full sun, ...

10 / 12 / 2007 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Elegia tectorum

Elegia tectorum
Common names: Cape thatching reed, deckreed (Eng.), dakriet, dekriet (Afr.)
Family: Restionaceae

... Botanical Garden August 2001  updated August 2016   Elegia tectorum has an upright, symmetrical, tufted reed-like ... of up to 2-3 m. Like all members of the Restio family, Elegia tectorum has male and female flowers on separate ... proteas, pincushions, ericas and other fynbos species. Elegia tectorum occurs naturally in marshes and seeps on deep ...

13 / 08 / 2001 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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