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RE: Kangaroo Paws - the flowers jump out at you.

in #anigozanthus8 years ago (edited)

Kangaroo Paw 🐾

            Anigozanthos manglesii

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The Red and Green Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii) was proclaimed the floral emblem of Western Australia in 1960.
It is also called the Mangles Kangaroo Paw after the English botanist Robert Mangles who cultivated it in England.

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It is only found in the south west of Western Australia - from Shark Bay south to Albany.

Its red flowering stems are a metre high and it flowers in spring. The species is protected and can not be picked in the wild.

According to the Australian National Botanic Gardens there are about a dozen species in the Anigozanthos genus.

The Western Australian Flora Database describes 9 Kangaroo Paws including the Black Kangaroo Paw - see below - which belongs to a different genus.

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Although related, the Black Kangaroo Paw(Macropidia fuliginosa) is the only member of its genus. It grows from Perth north to Geraldton.

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The Catspaw or Cat's Paw (Anigozanthos humilis) - see below - is found in south-west Western Australia and is a very attractive kangaroo paw with yellow flowers richly shaded with orange and red appearing in spring and summer.

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Text from multiple Google sources
BTW: I hope this extreme draught in Australia has improved. If not yet, I hope it will change very soon.

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There was a little rain the other day, but still bad in most places, thanks.

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