Accession #: 198500315
Accession Date: 1985-12-31
Common name: White Bird of Paradise
Family: Strelitziaceae
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Country of Origin: E. Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal, E. Botswana
Description: Resembling S. alba (solitary trunk, leaves to 4 feet long, 2 feet wide, petiole deeply wing-channelled) but much larger and treelike; inflorescence compound, bracts reddish-brown; petals light mauve or blue to nearly white, tongue boat-shaped, hastate at base, margins turned inward and meeting over the center.
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USDA Zone: 9-11
Source: Unknown
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