New Zealand Plants

DSC_4805 Swamp flax, or harakeke (Phormium tenax) atypical orange flowers against leaves. It is possible that these flowers reflect a degree of natural hybridisation with the mountain flax (Phormium cookianum), which flowers nearby. Certainly the common flax's typically red flowers can be much 'fatter' and less strongly curved. Ruapehu *

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DSC_4805 Swamp flax, or harakeke (Phormium tenax) atypical orange flowers against leaves. It is possible that these flowers reflect a degree of natural hybridisation with the mountain flax (Phormium cookianum), which flowers nearby. Certainly the common flax's typically red flowers can be much 'fatter' and less strongly curved. Ruapehu *

DSC 4805 Flax Phormium tenax atypical orange flowers leaves possible natural hybrid mountain flax cookianum common Ruapehu