Accession Data:
Elegia elephantina H.P.Linder
- Common Name: Large Cape Rush
- Family: Restionaceae R.Br.
- Country of Origin: South Africa
- Habitat: Wet soils in fynbos vegetation
Accession Data:
- Accession # 202400098
- Source: URI greenhouses
- Provenance:
ex hort., plant from Univ. Rhode Island greenhouses Dec. 22, 2022
- Accession Date: 12-24-2024
- Bench: 2112 - MED:Fynbos D
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-27-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Poales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Restionaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces
References (external):
data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:25:52 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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W/C = Wild Collected
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