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Bomarea glaucescens

Botanic Family

Alstroemeriaceae

Author

(Kunth) Baker

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Rocky slopes
• shrubland
• scrubland
• montaen forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov (Ecuador)

Fruiting Times

Tuberous vine or erect her with glabrous stems. Leaves to 60mm x 5mm, pubescent above, glabrous beneath. Flowers with bracts to 60mm x 17mm, flowers to 25mm long, outer petals red or pink oustside, pale yellow inside, inner tepals yellow with red stripe, flowers with green tips, purple dots inside. Ovoid fruit.

Fruit edible.

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• ResearchGate