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§1 Plant
Phormium tenax J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.
vernacular New Zealand flax — species · Agavaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Agavaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Phormium
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 2 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 2 counties across 1 state.
Hawaii view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PHTE8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2778511 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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