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 03-30-2023
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Poales
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- Family: Restionaceae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces
References (external):
- Info from Seed Packet
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 30, 2017.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, August 30, 2017.
- 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 Thu, 04 May 2023 08:33:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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