Phormium J. R. & G. Forster
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD9943-FFAA-FF8A-C5F9-F890F5BF82BE |
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Plazi |
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Phormium J. R. & G. Forster |
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13. Phormium J. R. & G. Forster 1
Glabrous, rhizomatous perennial herbs. Leaves large, mostly basal, ensiform, distichous, equitant, very coriaceous and fibrous. Stem erect, with a few small cauline leaves, grading into bracts. Flowers brownish-red and yellow, in a large, terminal panicle, the primary branches racemose in arrangement, but the flowers on each branch cymose. Perianth with a short tube and erect lobes; veins numerous, inconspicuous. Anthers dorsifixed, introrse. Fruit a loculicidal capsule; seeds numerous.
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