KANGAROO PAW BUSH GOLD – GASOLINE GLAMOUR

FOR HARD LIVIN' LONE WOLVES WITH HEARTS OF GOLD.

KANGAROO PAW BUSH GOLD

ANIGOZANTHOS 'BUSH GOLD'

DWARF KANGAROO PAW WITH YELLOW FLOWERS

SPRING 2019

PLANT FROM - NICKS NURSERY

KANGAROO PAW IS AN HERBACEOUS, RHIZOMATOUS PERENNIALS WITH FLAT, DARK GREEN, STRAP-SHAPED LEAVES THAT FOLD AT THE MID-REB. THE BRILLIANTLY COLORED FLOWERS ARE TUBULAR AND FUZZY. THE UNIQUE FLOWERS SPLIT LONGWISE INFO 6 SEGMENTS AT THE TIP RESEMBLING CLAWS. BUSH GOLD BEARS MASSES OF BRIGHT YELLOW FLOWERS ON BRANCHED STEMS.

ANIGOZANTHOS IS A SMALL GENUS OF AUSTRALIAN PLANTS IN THE BLOODWORT FAMILY HAEMODORACEAE. THE 11 SPECIES AND SEVERAL SUBSPECIES ARE COMMONLY KNOWN AS KANGAROO PAW AND CATSPAW DEPENDING ON THE SHAPE OF THEIR FLOWERS.

SCIENTIFIC NAME: ANIGOZANTHOS

HIGHER CLASSIFICATION: HAEMODORACEAE

ORDER: COMMELINALES

RANK: GENUS

SUB FAMILY: CONOSTYLIDOIDEAE

KINGDOM: PLANTAE