Alstroemeria psittacina

Alstroemeria psittacina, with the common names Peruvian lily, parrot flower, parrot lily, lily of the Incas, princess lily and New Zealand Christmas bell.[2] It is found in cerrado and pantanal vegetation in Brazil and Argentina.

"Parrot flower" and "Princess lily" redirect here. For the balsam plant, see Impatiens psittacina. For other uses of Princess Lily, see Princess Lily (disambiguation).

Alstroemeria psittacina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Alstroemeriaceae
Genus: Alstroemeria
Species:
A. psittacina
Binomial name
Alstroemeria psittacina
Synonyms[1]
  • Alstroemeria pulchella Hort., misapplied
  • Lilavia psittacina (Lehm.) Raf.
  • Alstroemeria banksiana M.Roem.
  • Alstroemeria psittacina var. longipedunculata Regel
  • Alstroemeria hassleriana Baker
  • Alstroemeria atrorubra Ravenna

Description

Alstroemeria psittacina is a perennial herb with underground tubers. Flowers grow in umbels of 3-8 flowers. They can be red to reddish-purple, sometimes with brownish spots.[3]

Distribution

It is native to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay but widely cultivated as an ornamental and escaped into the wild in Australia (New South Wales and Norfolk Island), New Zealand, Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the southeastern United States (eastern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida).[1]

Cultivation

Alstroemeria psittacina is cultivated as an ornamental plant by plant nurseries, for use in temperate gardens, such as in California.

It is a popular ornamental plant in New Zealand, where it usually blooms at Christmas because that it is also called New Zealand Christmas bell. In addition, this plant is cited as an invasive plant, and it is a natural host range of the Alstroemeria mosaic potyvirus.

See also

References
  1. Alstroemeria psittacina. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. syn. Alstroemeria cf. psittacina Lehm., Alstroemeria pulchella L.f. is cited as a misapplied name of this plant, according to Xifreda, Darwiniana 31:321-325 (1992) in FloraBase, the Western Australian Flora)
  3. Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 200 Alstroemeria pulchella Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 206. 1782.
  • Pott, A.; Pott, V.J. (1994). Plantas do Pantanal. (Plants of Pantanal) (in Portuguese). EMBRAPA. ISBN 85-85007-36-2


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