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Phormium colensoi
About
Phormium colensoi, also called mountain flax, or wharariki in Māori, is a perennial plant that is endemic to New Zealand. The greenish, yellow or orange flowers are followed by twisted seed pods. It is less common than the other Phormium species, P. tenax or harakeke. Mountain flax is also known as whararipi, whatariki, mangaeka, kōrari tuauru, wauraki, coastal flax, hill flax and lesser New Zealand flax.
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Phormium colensoi
- Slug
- phormium-colensoi
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Asphodelaceae
- Genus
- Phormium
- Species
- colensoi
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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