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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.
Anigozanthos bicolor, commonly known as cat's paw, little kangaroo paw [1] or two coloured kangaroo paw, [2] is a grass-like perennial herb native to the south western coastal parts of Western Australia.
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 Kangaroo Paw Family. ASGAP. 4 June 2004. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007 The plant is susceptible to fungal disease such as "ink spot", which is first seen as small black spots on the foliage which gradually spread and kill the plant. Anne Boden (11 October 2006). "Red and Green Kangaroo Paw.
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 ...
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.
[4] The common name catspaw was initially applied to this species, then for several other species of Anigozanthos, this is assumed to have been coined to contrast these with larger flowers and scapes of 'kangaroo paws'. [2] [5] The widely occurring A. humilis subsp. humilis is referred to as the common catspaw. [6]