''Tetraria thermalis'' (L.) C.B.Clarke, the bergpalmiet, is a South African perennial in the family

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...

. The species is endemic to the

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, from the Cape Peninsula to

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, growing on sandy soils and sandstone slopes There are some 50 species of '' Tetraria'' in

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and

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, of which about 38 occur in the Cape

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. ''Tetraria'', currently, is polyphyletic and in need of taxonomic revision. This is a pioneer plant which recovers rapidly after fire, aiding the regrowth of other species. It reaches some 2,5 m in height, is trigonous with wiry, drooping yellow-green leaves that are narrowly sword-shaped and keeled. They have scabrid leaf margins armed with minute teeth pointing to the leaf apex. The flowering stems are erect and triangular in cross-section, standing well above the leaves. Nutlets are small and trigonous, often crowned by a persistent style, and are consumed by the

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