Class
Family
Robust, tufted, rhizomatous perennials. Roots usually brilliant red. Leaves all basal, lanceolate, plicate. Flowers usually yellow, in much-branched panicles; scape, branches, pedicels and bracts hairy. Perianth-segments ± equal. Stamens 3, inserted at base of inner perianth-segments. Ovary superior, pubescent; stigma capitate; ovules 1 in each locule. Capsule acutely 3-lobed.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]
Category | Number |
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Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Total | 1 |