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Restionaceae

Chondropetalum tectorum Pillans

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

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat:

  • Description: 1.5x2m erect, arching rhizomatous tussock, brown flowers borne in long slender compact spikes in autumn, tough wiry stems, attractive ornamental plant.
  • Culture: Sow seed in autumn.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200100533
  • Source: John Silander ex Nat. Bot. Inst.
  • Accession Date: 09-01-2001
  • Bench: 1315 - S Bench - Fynbos
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 07-03-2008
Classification:

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

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