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Bomarea dolichocarpa

Botanic Family

Alstroemeriaceae

Author

Killip

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Cloud forests
• grasslands
• forest edge
• shrubland
• riverside thickets
• disturbed forest
• tropical forest

Flowering Times

• Jul
• Sep-Oct
• Dec-Feb (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Jul (Peru)
• Dec (Ecuador)

Herbaceous tuberous liana with glabrous stems. Glabrous leaves to 150mm x 35mm, sometimes pilose on nerves beneath, reddish bracts to 10mm long. Pilose or glabrous umbels with bractlets to 20mm long. Green-tipped pink sepals to 30mm x 9mm, pink petals to 30mm x 7mm, purple-spotted towards apex. Fruit to 40mm x 15mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew
• USNH