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Kangaroo paw is the common name for a number of species, in two genera of the family Haemodoraceae, that are native to the south-west of Western Australia. These rhizomatous [ 1 ] perennial plants are noted for their unique bird-attracting flowers.
Anigozanthos is a genus of plant found naturally in the Southwestern Australia biogeographic region, belonging to the bloodwort family Haemodoraceae. [1] [2] The 11 species and their subspecies are commonly known as kangaroo paw or catspaw, depending on their size, and the shape and colour of their flowers.
The red kangaroo paw grows to a height of 0.2 to 1 m (7.9 in to 3 ft 3.4 in). [2] [5] The grass-like plant has green and grey flat, strappy leaves that are 17 to 28 cm (6.7 to 11.0 in) long. [2] It produces long red to purple to yellow coloured flowers in spring and early summer from August to January. [2]
The Haemodoraceae were first described by Robert Brown in 1810, [1] and bear his name as the botanical authority.An alternative name has been Haemodoreae [4]. The fourth Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (unchanged from the earlier APG systems of 2009, 2003 and 1998), also recognizes this family and places it in the order Commelinales, in the clade commelinids, in the monocots.
Anigozanthos gabrielae is a species of Anigozanthos in the family Haemodoraceae known as dwarf kangaroo paw. This flowering, rhizomatous, perennial plant is endemic to Southwest Australia and grows on sand in areas which are wet in winter. [4] The species was first described by Karel Domin in the 1912 in the Journal of the Linnean Society ...
Anigozanthos viridis, commonly known as Green Kangaroo Paw, [1] is a grass-like perennial herb native to south western coastal regions of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the plant as Koroylbardany .
A member of the genus Anigozanthos (kangaroo- and cats-paws) that has an evergreen clump of strap-like leaves, up to 1 metre long and 0.02 m wide, growing from an underground rhizome around 0.05 m in diameter. The rhizome allows the species to regenerate after drought or fire.
It is found along the west coast from around Northam [1] and Moora [2] in the north down to around Albany in the south and has a discontinuous distribution to the east along the south coast as far as Cape Arid where it is commonly situated in damp or areas that are wet in winter or around granite outcrops or along road verges growing in clay, loam or sandy soils over granite or laterite [1] as ...