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Alstroemeria
Family:
Alstroemeriaceae
Lucas Meers
FNA
Resources
Walter C. Holmes in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Herbs, perennial, from fascicles of fusiform tubers. Stems mostly simple; fertile stems to 1 m or more; sterile stems shorter, more leafy. Leaves alternate; petiole often twisted so as to invert leaf; blade parallel-veined, linear to ovate, margins entire. Inflorescences terminal, umbellate [or 1-flowered]. Flowers slightly zygomorphic; tepals 6, distinct, red, orange, purple, green, or white, frequently spotted, to 5 cm; stamens 6, inserted on perianth base, declinate, usually unequal; ovary inferior; style slender; stigma 3-lobed, filiform. Fruits capsular, 3-valved, dehiscence loculicidal.
Species within inventory project:
UF CONSERVATION AREAS
Alstroemeria psittacina
Map not
Available
Alstroemeria pulchella
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Available
This project made possible through support from the UF Planning, Design & Construction and the UF Office of Sustainability
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