Saropsis fastigiatus  (formerly Restio fastigiata)

Tassel Rush

Family:            Restionaceae

Plant:              A much branched rush up to 1m high with male and female flowers on different plants.

Flowers:         Spikelets 4-7mm long, dark red-brown and subtended by leafy bracts are borne on erect branches at top of stems. Both the male and female spikelets are narrow.

Flowering:      September-December.

Fruit:               Brown capsule.

Leaves:          Reduced to closely appressed 1-2mm long dark red-brown sheaths regularly spaced along the stems.

Habitat:           In wet areas in heathland.

Features:       A much-branched rush. Brilliant green stems. Bright reddish-brown bracts.

Name:

Saropsis         From Greek = resembling a broom (referring to its shape).

fastigiatus      From Latin fastigium = clustered or bundled and atus = like  (referring the form of the plant).

Search Criteria

 

Type

Sedge/Rush

Flowers

Form

Irregular, Cluster

 

Colour(s)

Rust

 

Petal/Sepal No.

-

 

Flowering Month

9, 10, 11, 12

Fruit

Type       

Capsule

 

Colour

Brown

 

Other Features

-

Leaves

Arrangement

Absent/Reduced

 

Type       

-

 

Shape

-

 

Length    

Tiny

 

Margins  

-

 

Attachment

-

 

Other Features

-

Bark

-

Habitat

Heathland