EPPO Global Database

Phormium tenax(PHMTE)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-21

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PHMTE
  • Preferred name: Phormium tenax
  • Authority: Forster & G. Forster

Notes

New Zealand. Cultivated worldwide as an ornamental, in a variety of cultivars. Introduced in British Isles, Mexico


Common names
Name Language
common New Zealand flax English
tough flax lily English
gemeiner Neuseelandflachs German
lin de Nouvelle-Zélande French
lino de la Nueva Zelandia Spanish
lino della Nuova Zelande Italian
Nieuw-Zeelands vlas Dutch
linho-da-Nova-Zelândia Portuguese
líon na Nua-Shéalainne Irish