This perennial has a short underground rhizome with upright foliage and forms a clump. It has grey-green strap-like leaves and the red to green tube-shaped flowers appear in raceme on a tall red pubescent stem, normally unbranched during summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 10 

Anigozanthos manglesii is naturally found in south-western Western Australia growing on the coast and in adjoining forests in sandy to limey well drained soils. It prefers a open sunny position and is drought tolerant and mildly frost resistant but dislikes wet soil.

The Mangles' Kangaroo Paw flower is the Western Australian floral emblem. It is mass planted in parks and gardens in beds or along borders. It is also planted in small gardens as a specimen for foliage contrast and flower colour. It may also be grown as a container plant and is used in the cut flower trade. It establishes from division in 1 to 2 years and may be difficult to grow in humid regions. ID 1191

Anigozanthos (a-nee-gõ-ZĂN-thus)  manglesii (mang-GLEE-zee-eye)

Haemodoraceae (HEE-mo-dor-AY-see-ee)