Elegia equisetacea, the horsetail restio or broom reed, is a species of reed‑like flowering plant in the family Restionaceae, native to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Horse Goldreed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Restionaceae
- Genus
- Elegia
- Species
- Elegia equisetacea
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