Phormium is a genus of two plant species in the family Asphodelaceae. One species is endemic to New Zealand and the other is native to New Zealand and...

Phormium tenax (called flax in New Zealand English; harakeke in Māori; New Zealand flax outside New Zealand; and New Zealand hemp in historical nautical...

Phormium colensoi (syn. Phormium cookianum – see below), also called mountain flax, or wharariki in Māori, is a perennial plant that is endemic to New...

such as fishing nets. The prepared fibre (muka) of the New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) became the basis of most clothing. The flax leaves were split and...

Zealand flax describes the common New Zealand perennial plants Phormium tenax and Phormium colensoi, known by the Māori names harakeke and wharariki respectively...

in the daisy family Asteraceae Phormium, New Zealand flax or flax lily Phormium tenax, flax or New Zealand flax Phormium colensoi, mountain flax or lesser...

examples are the fiber of many grasses, Agave sisalana (sisal), Yucca or Phormium tenax, Musa textilis and others. Their cell walls contain, besides cellulose...

bird–pollinated native plants include: kowhai (Sophora species), flax (Phormium tenax) and kaka beak (Clianthus puniceus). Flowers adapt the mechanism...

plants called "flax" in New Zealand are, by contrast, members of the genus Phormium. Several other species in the genus Linum are similar in appearance to...

hyacinthoides Henequen, an agave. A useful fiber, but not as high quality as sisal Phormium, "New Zealand Flax" Yucca, an agave relative Seed fibers and fruit fibers...