Thamnochortus cinereus

Thamnochortus cinereus
A specimen cultivated at Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Thamnochortus
Species: T. cinereus
Binomial name
Thamnochortus cinereus
H.P.Linder

Thamnochortus cinereus is a species of grass-like restio of the family Restionaceae. It grows in the fynbos region in South Africa. It is known as the Silver Reed in English and Silverriet in Afrikaans.[1]

Description

Detail of flowering head

This is a 'tufted' restio, somewhat rush-like in appearance; it looks like a miniature version of larger restio species such as Elegia capensis.

References

  1. "thamnochortus cinereus". South African National Biodiversity Institute.


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