Accession Data

Thamnochortus insignis

Common Name: Thatching Reed

Family: Restionaceae

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.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200100532

Accession Date: 2001-09-01 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2111

Quantity: 2

Source: John Silander ex Nat. Bot. Inst.

Culture: Sow seed in autumn. Grow under moist to dry sandy conditions, full sun.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Poales

Family: Restionaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
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2012
2011

References

  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.

Images

Thamnochortus insignis
Thamnochortus insignis