Common name: Thatching Reed, Dakriet
Family: Restionaceae
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Country of Origin: SW. Cape Prov.
Description: 1.5x2m erect, arching rhizomatous tussock, brown flowers borne in long slender compact spikes in autumn, tough wiry stems, attractive ornamental plant.
Uses:
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USDA Zone:
Source: John Silander ex Nat. Bot. Inst.
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Culture:
Sow seed in autumn.
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Poales
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- Family: Restionaceae
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References:
- Info from Seed Packet
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.
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