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New Zealand Flax

Phormium tenax

476Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
84Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb34
Mar14
Apr34
May34
Jun85
Jul107
Aug69
Sep44
Oct24
Nov13
Dec6

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gwynedd Wales24
2Sefton England21
3Highland Scotland18
4Cornwall England15
5North Yorkshire England13
6Surrey England12
7Cambridgeshire England11
8Kent England10
9Devon England10
10Norfolk England8
11City of Edinburgh Scotland8
12Argyll and Bute Scotland8
13Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland8
14Lincolnshire England7
15Isles of Scilly England7
49 England11 Scotland33 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 84 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
476
Peak month
July
Counties with records
84
Scientific name
Phormium tenax
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
600
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Asphodelaceae
Genus
Phormium
Name with authority
Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q607380 · GBIF 2778511