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Kowharawhara
Common
name: Kowharawhara |
Botanical
name: Astelia solandri |
Family: Asphodelaceae |
Maximum height: 200
centimetres |
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Where found:
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- Epiphytic, lowland forest
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Description: |
- A robust tufted epiphyte
- Leaves (100-200cm x 2-3.5cm) are drooping, folded and covered
on both surfaces in white scales, they are bright green above
and silvery underneath
- Flowers are usually yellowish on a drooping panicle
- Tiny seeds (< 2mm x 1mm)
- Similar to Collospermum hastatum but usually narrower,
longer, drooping leaves without the black base
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