Restionaceae

Elephant quills

Ceratocaryum argenteum Nees

Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Ceratocaryum

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Elephant quills: Silver Arrowreed ( Ceratocaryum argenteum ) photographed in Eden, Western Cape, South Africa. — Photo: Nick Helme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Afrikaans: Olifantsriet
English: Elephant quills, Silver arrowreed

Synonyms

Ceratocaryum speciosum Nees ex Mast.
Willdenowia argentea (Nees ex Kunth) Hieron.

Photos

Photo: Nick Helme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: linkie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: linkie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: linkie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: linkie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Di Turner, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.