EcoFlora - Alstroemeria

Alstroemeria
Family: Alstroemeriaceae Paul Rothrock	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: Arizona Flora Alstroemeria apertiflora Map not Available Alstroemeria aurantiaca Map not Available Alstroemeria aurea Map not Available Alstroemeria brasiliensis Images not available Map not Available Alstroemeria cunha Map not Available Alstroemeria gardneri Images not available Map not Available Alstroemeria haemantha Map not Available Alstroemeria hookeri Map not Available Alstroemeria inodora Map not Available Alstroemeria isabellana Map not Available Alstroemeria ligtu Map not Available Alstroemeria magnifica Images not available Map not Available Alstroemeria paupercula Map not Available Alstroemeria pelegrina Map not Available Alstroemeria plantaginea Map not Available Alstroemeria presliana Images not available Map not Available Alstroemeria pseudospathulata Images not available Map not Available Alstroemeria psittacina Map not Available Alstroemeria pulchella Map not Available Alstroemeria pulchra Map not Available Alstroemeria revoluta Map not Available Alstroemeria sellowiana Map not Available Alstroemeria stenopetala Images not available Map not Available Alstroemeria umbellata Map not Available Alstroemeria violacea Map not Available