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Elegia tectorum 'Fish Hoek'

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Botanical details
Family
Restionaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Elegia

Genus description

Elegia is a genus of grass-like plants endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. Some species are grown as ornamentals with their decorative golden to dark brown flower spikes. Flowers can be white to greenish yellow and are fairly small and insignificant.

Name status

Unresolved

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