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Arthropodium cirratum (rock-lily)

Synonyms: Anthericum cirratum (homotypic); Anthericum latifolium (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Arthropodium cirratum (rengarenga, renga lily, New Zealand rock lily, or maikaika) is a species of herbaceous perennial plant, endemic to New Zealand, where it may once have been farmed. It is used for medicine as well as food, and has symbolic importance in traditional Māori culture.
View Wikipedia Record: Arthropodium cirratum

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb
Height [1]  39 inches (1 m)
Width [1]  12 inches (0.3 m)
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Predators

Arthropodium bifurcatum[3]
Chrysodeixis eriosoma (green garden looper)[3]
Ctenopseustis servana[3]
Rastrococcus asteliae[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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
♦ 3New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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