NZ Iris
Botanical Name: Libertia grandiflora
Family: Iridaceae
Also Known As: New Zealand Iris, NZ Iris, native iris, Tukauki, Mikoikoi, mÄnga-a-Huripapa
Origin: New Zealand
Strappy leaves like a tussock grass or type of flax with white, yellow and gold iris flowers. Attractive seedpods that turn brown (and drop seeds).
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- 03/03/2010 Flowering (in the front garden)
- 10/04/2010 green seeds drop from pods onto the Buddha in meditation garden.
- Project Landscape: NZ Iris
- Maori dictionary.
- Te Papa plant collection Libertia grandiflora (R.Br.) Sweet isolectotype
- Flora of New Zealand Taxa
