New Zealand flax
Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.4 m
- wide
- 91 cm
Asphodelaceae
Formerly Chlamydia tenacissima, Lachenalia ramosa, Phormium atropurpureum, Phormium nigropictum, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Norfolk I., New ZealandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 2.4 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Red, brownRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (5)
- Asturian
- espadañu
- Welsh
- llin Seland Newydd
- Māori
- harakeke
- Macedonian
- новозеландски лен
- Chinese
- 新西兰麻, 麻兰
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Phormium tenax (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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