Thamnochortus cinereus feathery branches

    Thamnochortus cinereus feathery branches
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Thabo Maphisa

    The fertile scapes of Thamnochortus cinereus are simple, often with sterile branches clustered at the nodes in the year after flowering. These branches are velvety green and may be densely feathery. Restios have no leaves, but these flourishing green stems serve well as substitutes.

    Some brown leaf sheaths, wrapped tightly around the culms above the nodes and persisting there, can be seen in the picture (Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; Dorrat-Haaksma and Linder, 2012).

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