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Accession Data:

Thamnochortus insignis Mast.

  • Common Name: Thatching Reed
  • Family: Restionaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: SW Cape Prov.

  • 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.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200100532
  • Source: John Silander ex Nat. Bot. Inst.
  • Accession Date: 09-01-2001
  • Bench: 2111 - MED:Fynbos C
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-27-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Restionaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References (internal):

  • Wind Pollination (anemophily)
  • Fiber Plants
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12 (generic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces

References (external):

  1. Info from Seed Packet
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 30, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 30, 2017.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Andrew Massyn (Kirstenbosch Gardens) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 25, 2017.

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:23:46 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Thamnochortus insignis

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Current Accessions in the Restionaceae

  • Baloskion tetraphyllum W/C
  • Elegia elephantina
  • Elegia tectorum
  • Thamnochortus insignis
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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