Asparagaceae
Cabbage tree
Cordyline australis
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Cordyline
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- كورديل جنوبي
- arz
- كورديل جنوبى
- Azerbaijani
- Cənub kordilinası
- Bulgarian
- Южно кордилине
- Cantonese
- 劍葉朱蕉
- Catalan
- Palmera Dracena
- Chinese
- 澳洲朱蕉
- Czech
- Dračinka jižní
- English
- Cabbage tree
- Hungarian
- Déli bunkóliliom, Káposztafa
- Indonesian
- Pandan bali
- Japanese
- ニオイシュロラン
- Macedonian
- Новозеландско зелкино дрво
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Australdrakelilje
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Australdrakelilje
- Persian
- کوردیلین استرالیس
- Polish
- Kordylina australijska
- Russian
- Кордилина южная, Южная кордилина
- Spanish
- Cordiline
- Welsh
- Palmwydden fresych
Synonyms
- Charlwoodia australis (G.Forst.) G.Don
- Cordyline australis var. atropurpurea Wiegand
- Cordyline australis var. aurea-striata Wiegand
- Cordyline australis var. lineata (Voss) Wiegand
- Cordyline australis var. veitchii (Voss) Wiegand
- Cordyline calocoma (H.Wendl.) Baker
- Cordyline calocoma f. lentiginosa (Linden & André) Voss
- Cordyline calocoma f. lineata Voss
- Cordyline calocoma f. nutans Voss
- Cordyline calocoma f. veitchii Voss
- Cordyline forsteri F.Muell.
- Cordyline indivisa Regel
- Cordyline lentiginosa (Rob.) Linden & André
- Cordyline sturmii Colenso
- Cordyline superbiens K.Koch
- Cordyline veitchii Regel
- Dracaena australis G.Forst.
- Dracaena parrei Lorgus
- Dracaenopsis australis (G.Forst.) Planch.
- Dracaenopsis calocoma H.Wendl.
- Terminalis australis (G.Forst.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- October to November (from 418 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ruth Palsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tim Park, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Akos Kokai, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Henry Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: P. J. de Lange, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacqui Geux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Katja Schulz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Colin Meurk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.