Ecologically legumes are well known for fixing nitrogen in the soil through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria
Growing to 60cm with fleshy smooth leaves and pink flowers in autumn
The plant is probably native to southeastern Europe and western Asia
The most used cultivar around the world
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Elegia filacea - Little Golden Curls / Restio / Ornamental Grass - Indigenous grass - 10 Seeds Perlite Ecologically legumes are well knownA magnificent small, upright, tufted restio that shows off its goldentan sheaths and bracts in early to midsummer, and makes a spectacular filler in the fynbos garden. Elegia filacea is a reed like, tufted, evergreen perennial, that grows from 0. 2 to 0. 8 m high and 0. 1 m wide. It is compact, and does not have spreading rhizomes or stolons. Culms (stems) are slender, round and unbranched. It produces golden tan sheaths, which drop off and leave