Calendar for seed collecting - grasses, sedges, lilies, flaxes, epiphytes and climbers

View a table of the optimal time of year and what to look for when collecting native seeds of grasses, sedges, lilies, flaxes, epiphytes and climbers.

View a table of the optimal time of year and what to look for when collecting native seeds of grasses, sedges, lilies, flaxes, epiphytes and climbers.

Read this in conjunction with the Seed collection and propagation guide for grasses, sedges, lilies, flaxes, epiphytes and climbers.

Grasses, sedges, lilies, flaxes
Botanical name	Common name	Colour of ripe fruit/seed case	Feb	Mar April	May June	July- Oct	Nov- Jan
Astelia grandis	swamp astelia	yellow
Austroderia fulvida	toetoe	white	y	y
Carex species		brown	y	y
Cyperus ustulatus	giant umbrella sedge	brown	y	y
Dianella nigra	turutu	blue fruit	y
Gahnia species		orange/brown/black		y	y
Machaerina species		orange/brown/black/white		y
Microlaena avenacea	bush rice grass	buff	y	y
Phormium cookianum	mountain flax/wharariki	black	y	y
Phormium tenax	swamp flax/harakeke	black	y	y
Uncinia uncinata	hook sedge	brown
Climbers and epiphytes
Clematis paniculata	puawhananga	white					y
Collospermum hastatum	kahakaha	orange fruit		y	y
Freycinetia banksii	kiekie	green/yellow fruit		y	y
Parsonsia heterophylla	kaihua/ NZ jasmine	brown/black pod	y	y
Passiflora tetrandra	kohia/NZ passionfruit	orange fruit	y	y	y
Metrosideros diffusa or perforata	akatea	brown capsule		y	y