FAMILY | HAEMODORACEAE

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Australian Native

Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos flavidus)

Haemodoraceae is a family of perennial herbaceous flowering plants with 14 genera and 102 known species. It is sometimes known as the "bloodwort family". Primarily a Southern Hemisphere family, they are found in South Africa, Australia and New Guinea, and in the Americas (from SE U.S.A. to tropical South America). Perhaps the best known are the widely cultivated and unusual kangaroo paws from Australia.

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Grassroots Horticulture

2021

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