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Restionaceae

Thamnochortus insignis Mast.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Thatching Reed, Dekriet
  • Family: Restionaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat:

  • Description: 2m Large tussock, brown flowers in terminal spikes, male and female on separate plants, a very attractive ornamental plant can be use in rockeries and open beds, good pot plant.
  • Culture: Sow seed in autumn. Grow under moist to dry sandy conditions, full sun.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200100532
  • Source: John Silander ex Nat. Bot. Inst.
  • Accession Date: 09-01-2001
  • Bench: 1315 - S Bench - Fynbos
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 12-05-2007
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Restionaceae
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Info from Seed Packet

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