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Tank Lily

Astelia hastata

Tank Lily
Photo: Daderot, CC0
Family
Asteliaceae (Asteli family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
subtropical

About

Astelia hastata, commonly known as the kahakaha, widow maker, perching lily, and tank lily, is an epiphyte species endemic to New Zealand.

Other Astelia plants

Pineapple Grass · Silverhair pineapplegrass · Coastal Astelia · Chatham Island Kakaha · Bush Flax · Astelia graminea · Pua'akuhinia · Astelia neocaledonica · Bush Flax · Astelia nivicola · Astelia pumila · Kauri Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astelia hastata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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