Name of a perennial flower (3)

I believe the answer is:

alf

'name' is the definition.

'of a perennial flower' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'ALF' is hidden in the letters of 'perennial flower'.

(Other definitions for alf that I've seen before include "Chap" , "Garnett or Ramsey?" , "See man" , "-- Garnett, bigoted TV?character" , "- Ramsey, England manager in nineteen sixty six" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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