Haemodoraceae
Red kangaroo paw[
Anigozanthos rufus
- Family
- Haemodoraceae
- Genus
- Anigozanthos
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 淡红袋鼠爪
- English
- Red kangaroo paw[
Synonyms
- Anigozanthos tyrianthinus Hook.
- Schwaegrichenia rufa (Labill.) Spreng.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to January (from 28 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gail A Baker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Belinda Forbes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosario Douglas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Red kangaroo paw[: [Anigozanthos rufus]] occurrence data Downloaded from Australasian Virtual Herbarium 12 May 2017](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Anigozanthos_rufus_DistMap20.png/500px-Anigozanthos_rufus_DistMap20.png)
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
![Red kangaroo paw[: [Anigozanthos rufus]] occurrence data Downloaded from Australasian Virtual Herbarium 12 May 2017](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Anigozanthos_rufus_DistMap20.png)
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.