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Astelia nervosa

Synonyms: Astelia bivittata; Astelia cockaynei; Astelia montana (heterotypic); Astelia nervosa var. montana (homotypic); Funckia nervosa (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Astelia nervosa, also known as mountain astelia or, along with a number of other species, as bush flax, is a herbaceous plant native to New Zealand. A. nervosa has long, flexible, leathery leaves that are light green and grey in colour. The flowers are light brown to red in colour. The mature fruits are generally orange. It is found in lowland to low alpine areas from the southern North Island south to Stewart Island.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  A soft brown fibre is obtained from the leaves. It has a variety of uses;
Height [1]  20 inches (0.5 m)
Width [1]  4.92 feet (1.5 m)
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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0