Phormium cookianum (wharariki)
Phormium cookianum is an evergreen endemic New Zealand flax species.
Identifying
Leaves are drooping, softer, and arching, rarely over 1.5 m tall.
Generally looks looser and more graceful in habit, but smaller.
Leaf tips tend to flop over.
Flower stalks are shorter or level with leaves. Next to each other, they look much smaller than tenax
Flowers are often yellow–green.
Flowering season: later, often summer–early autumn, empty seed pods on stems visible through winter.
