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Phormium

flax lily

Other common names
New Zealand flax
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Botanical details
Family
Asphodelaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Phormium

Genus description

Phormium are evergreen perennials, making a large clump of leathery, strap-shaped leaves, with tall panicles of small, tubular flowers in summer

Name status

Correct

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