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SPECIES

Photos and information about the species we grow,
and perhaps about a few we might like to grow in the future

FAMILY

HAEMODORACEAE


Scientific name

Anigozanthos manglesii ssp. manglesii

Common name

Red and Green Kangaroo Paw


Anigozanthos manglesii
Red and Green Kangaroo Paw
Quedjinup
Photo: Cathy Pinner
7th October 2006



Yallingup Siding
Photo: Richard Clark
30th August 2007


Yallingup
Photo: Richard Clark
16th August 2007





A FloraBase page on the family Haemodoraceae.
Haemodoraceae in the Wikipedia.

A FloraBase page on the genus Anigozanthos.
Anigozanthos in the Wikipedia.
Anigozanthos manglesii in the Wikipedia.
ASGAP page on Anigozanthos flavidus.
ASGAP page on the Kangaroo Paw Family.

Horticultural note:
Anigozanthos manglesii is not easy to cultivate as a perennial because of ink disease (the fungus Dreschleria irisid). It is often treated as an annual. A note on this species on the Planting ... seeds page. It is often available from nurseries in a seedling pack.

References:
FloraBase

MABBERLEY, D.J. (1987/1997) The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press.
HOPPER, S.D. (1993)
Kangaroo paws and catspaws : a natural history and field guide, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia.

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