Elegia mucronata (Elegia mucronata)
Description
plants tufted,0.1-1-2.5 m tall (on Pilaarkop the plants are often miniature,especially in exposed sites),basal diameter 0.3-0.5 m,crown diameter 0.5-1 m,with rhizomes.Rhizome spreading,unbranched or sparsely branched,culms evenly spaced,4.5-8 mm in diam.,culms 10-50 mm apart.Fertile culms unbranched,compressed or compressed after pressing,solid or with a small central cavity,smooth or finely rugulose,olivaceous,0.1-1-2.5 m tall (on Pilaarkop the plants are often miniature,especially in exposed sites),diameter at base 4.5-6 mm,diameter at apex 2.5-6 mm.Branch axil indumentum absent.Clusters of sterile branches at the nodes of the fertile branches absent.Sheaths more than 1 per culm,dropping off,with an abscission line present,loosely convoluted,50-130 mm long,margins entire,yellowish/tan to brown with tan margins - in the case of brown sheaths the upper portion is usually lighter in colour.,upper 1/3 in colour and texture similar to the lower 2/3 or abruptly different from the base,and soon decaying,apical margins narrowly membranous,hyaline shoulders absent,apex,excluding the membranous lobes,acute.Sheath-mucro penicellate,straight and erect,4-20 mm long.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Restionaceae
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Genus: Elegia
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