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Bulbinella hookeri (Maori Onion)

Synonyms: Anthericum hookeri (homotypic); Chrysobactron hookeri (homotypic)

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Bulb
Height [1]  28 inches (0.7 m)
Width [1]  12 inches (0.3 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Bulbinella hookeri

Predators

Metacrias strategica (southern tiger moth)[2]
Thrips obscuratus (New Zealand flower thrips)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
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