Summary: Elegia elephantina is a herbaceous plant in the Restionaceae family.

Botanical name: Elegia elephantina H.P. Linder

Synonym: Chondropetalum elephantinum

Family: Restionaceae

Origin: South Africa

Common name: restio

Hardiness: -8°C

CCVS Collection

Description

Elegia elephantina is a herbaceous plant in the Restionaceae family. It can grow up to 1.50 m high and 1 m wide. There are male and female plants. The plant shown here is a male. Restios need fire to germinate. So we smoked the seeds to make them germinate.