Red-and-Green Kangaroo-paw

Anigozanthos manglesii

  • Red-and-Green Kangaroo-paw
  • Red-and-Green Kangaroo-paw
  • Red-and-Green Kangaroo-paw
  • Red-and-Green Kangaroo-paw
  • Flower name
    Red-and-Green Kangaroo-paw
  • Scientific name
    Anigozanthos manglesii
  • AliasRed-and-Green Kangaroo-paw, Kangaroo paw, Anigozanthos manglesii
  • Place of originSouthwestern Australia
  • Place of floweringGarden, Cut flowers, flower arrangement, Potted flower
  • Flowering seasonApril, May, June, December
  • Language of flowerspossibility

What is Red-and-Green Kangaroo-paw

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Red-and-Green Kangaroo-paw (Scientific name: Anigozanthos manglesii) is a perennial grass (bulb) of the family Haemodorum native to the southwestern part of Australia.
A velvet-like flower blooms in a unique form like Kangaroo's paw, giving an elongated sharp leaf resembling a Iris japonica. The genus name "Anigozanthos" means Latin for "anoigo (open) + anthos (flower)". Flowering period blooms annually , and mainly from April to June and in December. It is used for preserved flower, dry flower, flower arrangement, flower arrangement of flower arrangement. The flower language is "possibility" or "wonder" and so on..

Generic name: Red-and-Green Kangaroo-paw, Scientific name: Anigozanthos manglesii, Also known as Anigozanthos, Australian Suedolly, Origin: Australia South Western part, environment: coastal sandy lands, wet mountainous regions, plant length: 20 to 100 cm, leaf shape: sword-like, leafy: hard cortical, leaf shape: all edges, flower: dual-flower and dense hair, inflorescence Flower color: red, yellow, orange, peach, green, flower size: 3 to 8 cm, flower attachment method: about 10 at the stem tip, flowering period: Anniversary centered around June and December, uses: preserved flower, dried flowers, remarks: red rhizomes were edible in the country of origin.


  • Order
    Commelinales
  • Family
    Haemodoraceae
  • Genus
    Anigozanthos
  • Species
    A. manglesii
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Spikelet inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Tubular
  • Leaf type
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeperennial grass
  • Flower colorsRed Green
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height20.0 ~ 100.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower3.0 ~ 8.0 cm

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