Cordyline australis

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cordyline australis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cordyline australis, Hook. (D. indivisa, Hort. D. calocoma, Wend.) Fig. 1053; 359, Vol. I. Arborescent, 15-10 ft. high: Lvs. densely rosulate, l½-3 ft. long, 1½-2½ in. wide; base 6-12 lines wide, acuminate, green; midrib firm, indistinct, nerves on each side of it 12-20, scarcely oblique: panicle drooping or erect, terminal, ample; pedicels very short; bracteoles deltoid, ½ line long; perianth white, 3—4 lines long; tube short, campanulate, segms. nearly equal, recurved: berry white or bluish- white; mature seeds often solitary. New Zeal. B.M. 5636. G.C. III. 23:153. Gn. 47, p. 312; 48, p. 197. I.H. 35:40 (as var. Daucetiana); 37:114 (as var. Dalleriana); 40:190 (as C. lineata var. purpurascens). S.H. 1, p. 487.—Coolhouse, vases. Var. aurea-striata, Hort. Variegated with a number of longitudinal yellow stripes. Var. atropurpurea, Hort. Base of If. and under side of midrib purple. Var. lineata, Hort. Lvs. broader, the sheathing base stained with purple. Var. Veitchii, Hort. (D. Veitchii, Hort.). Base of lf. and under side of midrib bright crimson. C. Hookeri, Hort., was a garden form of this species.—Much of the C. indivisa of the American trade has been, in the past, C. australis. Known as "cabbage tree to residents of New Zealand. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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