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Anigozanthos viridis
Green Kangaroo Paw is a grass-like, rhizomatous perennial from south-western Western Australia, grown for its green or yellow-green spring flowers. It does best in a sunny spot with moist, well-drained soil and some winter wetness.
Anigozanthos viridis, commonly known as Green Kangaroo Paw, is a grass-like perennial herb native to south western coastal regions of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the plant as Koroylbardany.
It is found along the west coast from around Gingin in the north down to around Augusta in the south where it is commonly situated in damp or areas that are wet in winter growing in clay, loam or sandy soils.
The Noongar peoples used the roots of the plant as a food source, which they either roasted or ate raw.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anigozanthos viridis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
