Class
Order
Clump-forming perennial herbs; bulb tunicate. Leaves few, basal, ± linear to lorate. Flowers bisexual, usually actinomorphic and umbellate, occasionally solitary; spathe of 1–2 valves, scarious, persistent or deciduous before maturity. Perianth petaloid, with or without tube, sometimes with corona. Stamens 6, opposite perianth-segments, inserted on them or free; filaments free, or expanded at base and connate. Ovary inferior; style slender, with capitate or 3-lobed stigma; ovules usually many. Fruit a capsule, or fleshy and indehiscent.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]
Category | Number |
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Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 11 |
Exotic: Casual | 10 |
Exotic: Cultivated | 1 |
Total | 22 |