Phormium tenax 'Rerehape'. Harakeke cultivar.
Māori names
Description
Harakeke cultivar
1) Selwyn 1847; Found at Maungatautiri. One of Tīhore class of flaxes, can be scraped with nail.
2) Williams 1971 a fine subvariety of Tīhore.
3) Best 1942; no description.
4) Heaphy, West Coast, in Flax Commissioners Report 1871: Yields best fibre. Good for cordage.
5) Andersen 1926; listed
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28 May 2007
20 May 2020