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Phormium cookianum

mountain flax

Other common names
small flax lily
Synonyms
Phormium colensoi
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Botanical details
Family
Asphodelaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
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Genus

Phormium

Genus description

Phormium are evergreen perennials, making a large clump of leathery, strap-shaped leaves, with tall panicles of small, tubular flowers in summer

Name status

Correct

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