Cannomois virgata

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Restionaceae > Genus: Cannomois

The colourful new stems of the restio, Cannomois virgata, cultivated in the restio garden at Kirstenbosch and showing the internodal bracts, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]