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Bomarea salsilla

Botanic Family

Alstroemeriaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Mirbel

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• SC. Chile

Natural Habitats

• Scrub
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Spring

Fruiting Times

Rhizomatous twiner to 4m. Glabrous leaves to 100mm long. Umbels to 75mm long, 15mm crimson or purple-red flowers greenish at tips, 6 petals to 20mm long, rarely white. Fruit capsule to 10mm with persistent style.

Root tubers edible.

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• UTP
• Chilebosque