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KANGAROO PAW [3 records]

Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Curious perennial with stiff woody stems to 1 m high, linear basal leaves; the branched inflorescence with red velvety tubes and starry petals pinkish to purple.

OBS

Amaryllidaceae family, South Western Australia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Amaryllidaceae family, South Western Australia, odd perennial herb with thick rootstock ... large woolly flowers having a long bent tube yellowish green.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Famille des amaryllidacées.

OBS

Plante herbacée vivace non bulbeuse [...] à tige feuillée, à feuilles étroites ensiformes, fleurs tubuleuses, laineuses [...] vert jaunâtre, souvent striées de rouge ou en partie écarlates.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Rosette of onion-like leaves with erect, striking inflorescence 1 m tall with red-hairy stem topped ... by yellowish-green woolly tubular flowers, red at calyx, with dark green lines.

OBS

Amaryllidaceae family, Western Australia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Famille des amaryllidacées.

OBS

Plante herbacée vivace non bulbeuse, fleurs vertes à ovaire et bractées rouges; tige couverte d'un épais duvet carmin. (Australie).

OBS

Le genre «d'anigosanthe» n'a pu être attesté dans les sources consultées.

Spanish

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