Phormium
Genus of flowering plants in the family Asphodelaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the genus. For the fiber made from these plants, see Flax in New Zealand.
Phormium is a genus of two plant species in the family Asphodelaceae. One species is endemic to New Zealand and the other is native to New Zealand and Norfolk Island.[1] The two species are widely known in New Zealand as flax or their Māori names wharariki and harakeke respectively, and elsewhere as New Zealand flax or flax lily, but they are not closely related to the Northern Hemisphere's flax (Linum usitatissimum), which is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and has been used by humans since 30,000 B.C.[2][3]
Quick Facts New Zealand flax, Scientific classification ...
New Zealand flax | |
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Phormium tenax in bloom in Piha, West Auckland, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asphodelaceae |
Subfamily: | Hemerocallidoideae |
Genus: | Phormium J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. |
Type species | |
Phormium tenax | |
Species | |
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