Anigozanthos flavidus

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Plant  information

Common name:               The tall, yellow, or evergreen, Kangaroo Paw

Conservation status:   unknown

Etymology:   

• The specific epithet, flavidus, refers to the yellow flowers of this plant

Flowers:                  

• Each plant may produce over 350 flowers, on up to 10 long stems, these appear during the summer

• Pollen is distributed by birds as they plunge into the flowers to reach the nectaries

• Flowers are frequently yellow and green, but may present in shades of red, pink, orange, or brown

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

•  It has has an evergreen clump of strap-like leaves, up to 1 m long and 0.2 m wide

Stem & branches:   

Roots:         

• Grows from an underground rhizome around 0.5 m in diameter

• The rhizome allows the species to regenerate after drought or fire

Habit:        

Habitat:   

• It is found along roadsides, along creeks, and in forests and swamps, and other unshaded winterwet habitat

Distribution:                  

• Found in Southwest Australia

• The species occurs in a range from Two Peoples Bay in the southeast, throughout the Warren and southern Jarrah Forest, to Waroona on the Swan Coastal Plain

• It was previously endemic to the region, but is now naturalised in NSW

Additional notes:     

• Cultivation

  • This kangaroo paw is now widely cultivated in the Eastern states of Australia and the United States of America

  • It hybridises with other members of the genus, and is used in the development of cultivars

  • It is a hardy plant, tolerant of a wide range of soil types and condition, that may live for around 30 years in a gardenIt is propagated from seed or sections of the rhizome

• Taxonomy

  • The first description of the species was by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1807

  • This was published in Redouté's Les Liliacees with an illustration by that artist

Sources of information:

• (2023)