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Description: Anigozanthos flavidus 'Regal Claw', Taken: 22 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] ACRA NO: Acc 269 Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Anigozanthos 'Regal Claw'

File Number

269

ACRA Field Book Number

67

Registration Date

19/10/1989

Application Received

01/02/1980

Family

Haemodoraceae

Cultivar Name

Anigozanthos 'Regal Claw'

Origin

Anigozanthos 'Regal Claw' is the result of a cross between A. preissii and A. flavidus. The cross was made by Dr S D Hopper of the Western Australian Wildlife Research Centre. The cultivar was first received by ACRA in February 1980. Registration applied for by Dr S D Hopper of the WA Wildlife Research Centre.

Characteristics

This cultivar grows to 1.5m tall (flower stem). The leaves are ca. 25cm long by 5-10mm wide and glabrous. The flowers are in terminal clusters on a double-headed inflorescence. The individual flowers are ca. 40mm long. In bud the flowers are covered in a dense covering of red plumose hairs but as the flower grows and matures these hairs become more scattered making the flower appear more orange. Flowers appear over most of the year with main flush in October. Diagnosis: Anigozanthos preissii: Plant up to 0.3m wide, leaves 30-50cm long, nearly terete. Leaves smooth, deciduous. Flower stem to 0.6m, once forked, covered in short woolly hairs. Flowers 5-6cm long. Anigozanthos 'Regal Claw': Plant up to 0.4m wide Leaves to 25cm long, thin and straplike, glabrous and not deciduous. Flower stem to 1.5m long, branched. Stem smooth becoming woolly at top. Flowers up to 5cm long. Anigozanthos flavidus: Plant to 1.0m wide Leaves up to 1.0m long, straplike, glabrous and not deciduous. Flower stem branched but smooth up to branched area. Flowers 3-4cm long.

Cultivation

This cultivar was first introduced in 1979. Early trials showed the selection had good vigour. The cultivar should thrive in conditions similar to those required for A. flavidus. The cultivar must be grown by vegetative means to preserve the cultivar form.

Publication

Australian Cultivar Registration Authority, Garden Varieties of Australian Plants, Vol 1, p30; As A. preissii x A. flavidus in "Australian Plants"vol.10 pages 211-217 with an illustration on page 212.

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1966: plumose hairs: Red Group 45A; perianth tube (outer): Yellow Green Group 144B; fused filaments: Yellow Green Group 150A; anthers: Yellow Orange Group 20C;

Propagation

Division or tissue culture

Applicant Name

Dr S.D. Hopper

Uses

As part of a mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery, or as a spectacular feature plant. Attracts nectar feeding birds.

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

ACC269, ACRA067, CBG8405386

NSL ID

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