The species is an upright perennial herb, with long leaves that emerge from a rhizome beneath the soil. A tall stalk emerges from the centre of these to present large red, orange and yellow flowers. The flowering period is sometime between October and November, when attains a height up to 0.8 metres. The leaves grey-green and arranged in a rosette at ground level.
It occurs in a range to the north and east of Albany, especially in the Warren region, along the southern coast of Southwest Australia.
anigozanthos, preissii, albany, herbaceous, plant, species, family, haemodoraceae, endemic, western, australia, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsclade, monocotsclade, commelinidsorder, commelinalesfamily, haemodor. Anigozanthos preissii the Albany cat s paw is a herbaceous plant species in the family Haemodoraceae endemic to Western Australia Anigozanthos preissiiScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsClade CommelinidsOrder CommelinalesFamily HaemodoraceaeGenus AnigozanthosSpecies A preissiiBinomial nameAnigozanthos preissiiEndl The species is an upright perennial herb with long leaves that emerge from a rhizome beneath the soil A tall stalk emerges from the centre of these to present large red orange and yellow flowers The flowering period is sometime between October and November when attains a height up to 0 8 metres The leaves grey green and arranged in a rosette at ground level It occurs in a range to the north and east of Albany especially in the Warren region along the southern coast of Southwest Australia Anigozanthos preissii was first described by Stephan Endlicher in Lehmann s Plantae Preissianae using the variant spelling Anigosanthus 1 The epithet is named for the botanist Ludwig Preiss References edit Anigozanthos preissii FloraBase Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions Anigozanthos preissii Australian Plant Name Index APNI IBIS database Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research Australian Government Lehmann J G C 1848 Plantae Preissianae 2 26 nbsp This Western Australian plant article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Commelinales related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anigozanthos preissii amp oldid 1154036420, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
