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Common name: Kowharawhara Botanical name: Astelia solandri
Family: Asphodelaceae Maximum height: 200 centimetres

 

Where found:

  • Epiphytic, lowland forest
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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