Alstroemeria

Linnaeus

Pl. Alströmeria, 8. 1762.

Common names: Lily-of-the-Incas Peruvian-lily
Etymology: for Clas Alströmer, 1736–1794, Swedish naturalist and pupil of Linnaeus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 200. Mentioned on page 55.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA26 Plate 025.jpegLloydia serotina var. serotina
Tulipa sylvestris
Alstroemeria pulchella
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
Barbara Alongi
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

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.

Distribution

Introduced; North America, South America

Discussion

Species ca. 60 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

"broad" is not a number."thicker" is not a number.

... more about "Alstroemeria"
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
cordate +  and linear +
Walter C. Holmes +
Linnaeus +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
parallel-veined +
linear +  and ovate +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
tunicate +  and scaly +
Lily-of-the-Incas +  and Peruvian-lily +
North America +  and South America +
for Clas Alströmer, 1736–1794, Swedish naturalist and pupil of Linnaeus +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
3-valved +  and capsular +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
many;several +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Pl. Alströmeria, +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
adnate +  and free +
staminodial +
unequal +
leafy +  and simple +
sterile +  and fertile +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
1 +  and several +
filiform +  and 3-lobed +
3 +  and 1 +
slender +
Alstroemeria +
Liliaceae +
spotted;white;green;white;green;purple;orange;red +
distinct +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
fusiform +
caulescent +  and scapose +
3 +  and 2 +