Plants › Aloe family
New Zealand flax
Phormium tenax
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Mountain flaxPhormium cookianum
Bush FlaxAstelia fragrans
New Zealand cabbage treeCordyline australis
Beschorneria yuccoides
Yellow-eyed PenguinMegadyptes antipodes
- Phormium colensoi
Black-headed Jumping SpiderTrite planiceps
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| New Zealand | 5,077 |
|---|---|
| Canterbury Region | 1,473 |
| United States | 845 |
| Alaska | 800 |
| Auckland Region | 739 |
| Wellington Region | 555 |
| Otago Region | 402 |
| West Coast Region | 308 |
| Southland Region | 283 |
| Northland Region | 251 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | monocots · Liliopsida |
| Order | Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies · Asparagales |
| Family | Aloe family · Asphodelaceae |
| Genus | New Zealand flaxes · Phormium |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise New Zealand flax with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.