Accession Data

Elegia tectorum

Common Name: Thatching Reed, Dakriet

Family: Restionaceae

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.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200100533

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

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2110

Quantity: 2

Source: John Silander ex Nat. Bot. Inst.

Culture: Sow seed in autumn.

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
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References

  1. Info from Seed Packet
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, January 27, 2017.

Images

Elegia tectorum