Asphodelaceae

Coastal flax

Phormium colensoi Hérincq

Family: Asphodelaceae
Genus: Phormium

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Coastal flax: Phormium cookianum 'Tricolor' — Phormium —flax cultivar . Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid . — Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 山麻兰, 新西兰剑麻
English: Coastal flax, Mountain flax
Igbo: Coastal flax, Mountain flax
Welsh: Llin-Seland-Newydd bach

Synonyms

Phormium cookianum Le Jol.
Phormium cookianum subsp. hookeri (Gunn) Wardle
Phormium forsterianum Hook.
Phormium hookeri Gunn ex Hook.f.

Photos

Photo: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: RuthP, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.