familyLiliaceae
genusAlstroemeria
speciesAlstroemeria pulchella

Alstroemeria pulchella

Linnaeus f.

Suppl. Pl., 206. 1782.

Walter C. Holmes
IntroducedIllustrated
Synonyms: Alstroemeria brasiliensis Sprengel Alstroemeria psittacina Lehmann
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 200. Mentioned on page 199.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Plants erect, leafy, weak-stemmed. Leaves 1.5–3 × 6–11 cm; blade narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-spatulate on fertile shoots, broader on sterile shoots, glabrous, base cuneate, apex acute to rounded; petiole 2–4 cm. Umbels 3–8-flowered, bracteate. Flowers: tepals red to wine, spotted purplish brown, greenish at apex, narrowly spatulate, 3.5–4.5 cm, apex and margins of base slightly puberulent; pedicel 1.5–3 cm. Capsules globose, 1.3 × 1 cm, bluntish terminal portion with several spinose acuminations, each valve narrowly winged adaxially.


Phenology: Flowering mid spring–early summer.
Habitat: Loose or sandy soils in shade to partially sunny, moist, disturbed sites
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

V26 340-distribution-map.jpg

Introduced; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Brazil

Discussion

Alstroemeria pulchella is used as an outdoor ornamental in the warmer parts of the United States, where it has escaped and apparently become naturalized.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number."thicker" is not a number.

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Acumination architecture or shape
spinose +
Acumination quantity
several +
Anther dehiscence
basifixed +
Anther fixation
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
Anther shape
cordate +  and linear +
Apex pubescence
puberulent +
Apex shape
acute +  and rounded +
Author
Walter C. Holmes +
Authority
Linnaeus f. +
Basal leaf architecture or shape
sheathing +
Basal leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Basal leaf growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Base shape
cuneate +
Blade architecture
parallel-veined +
Blade pubescence
glabrous +
Blade shape
narrowly lanceolate +  and elliptic-spatulate +
Blade size or width
narrow +
Bract architecture
sheathing +  and involucrate +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract quantity
1;several +
Bulb architecture
tunicate +  and scaly +
Capsule length
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (?) +
Capsule shape
globose +
Capsule width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Corm architecture
solid +
Distribution
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +  and Brazil +
Elaiosome texture
fleshy +
Elevation
0–100 m +
Filament shape
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
Filament size
slender +
Flower architecture
zygomorphic +
Flower quantity
single +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Fruit architecture
3-valved +  and capsular +
Fruit condition or texture
dry +
Fruit dehiscence
loculicidal +
Fruit texture
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Habitat
Loose or sandy soils in shade to partially sunny, moist, disturbed sites +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
umbellate +
Inflorescence arrangement
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Introduced
true +
Leaf architecture
simple +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf duration
persistent +
Leaf length
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Leaf width
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin pubescence
puberulent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
(2-)3(-4)-locular +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovule quantity
many;several +
Pedicel some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Perianth architecture
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Perianth prominence
showy +
Petiole architecture
twisted +
Petiole some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering mid spring–early summer. +
Publication title
Suppl. Pl., +
Publication year
1782 +
Reference
None +
Seed arrangement
wind-distributed +
Seed prominence or shape
flat +
Seed quantity
1 +  and many +
Shoot reproduction
sterile +  and fertile +
Source xml
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Special status
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
Stamen fusion
adnate +  and free +
Stamen orientation
declinate +
Stamen position
staminodial +
Stamen quantity
6 +
Stamen reproduction
fertile +
Stamen size
unequal +
Stem architecture
leafy +  and simple +
Stem height or length or size
shorter +
Stem reproduction
sterile +  and fertile +
Stem some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
Stigma architecture or shape
capitate +
Stigma fusion
distinct +
Stigma quantity
1 +  and several +
Stigma shape
filiform +  and 3-lobed +
Style atypical quantity
3 (4) +
Style quantity
3 +  and 1 +
Style size
slender +
Synonyms
Alstroemeria brasiliensis +  and Alstroemeria psittacina +
Taxon family
Liliaceae +
Taxon name
Alstroemeria pulchella +
Taxon parent
Alstroemeria +
Taxon rank
species +
Tepal coloration
greenish;brown;spotted purplish;red;wine +
Tepal fusion
distinct +
Tepal nectary presence
absent +
Tepal quantity
6 +
Tepal shape
spatulate +
Tepal some measurement
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
Terminal portion architecture or shape
bluntish +
Tube architecture
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
Tube coloration
greener +
Tube variability
equal +
Tube width
narrower +
Tuber shape
fusiform +
Umbel architecture
bracteate +  and 3-8-flowered +
Valve architecture
winged +
Volume
Volume 26 +
Whole organism architecture
weak-stemmed +  and leafy +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism orientation
erect +
Whole organism texture
woody +
Whorl quantity
3 +  and 2 +
X chromosome quantity
3 +  and 27 +