Flora of North America species comparison

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Alstroemeria

lily-of-the-incas, Peruvian-lily
Habit 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.

Alstroemeria
Distribution
from USDA
North America; South America [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species ca. 60 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 200. Author: Walter C. Holmes.
Parent taxa Liliaceae
Subordinate taxa
A. pulchella
Name authority Linnaeus: Pl. Alströmeria, 8. (1762)
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