Accession Data

Pitcairnia heterophylla

Family: Bromeliaceae

Country of Origin: Mexico to Peru

Description: Low plants; outer leaves reduced to spiny serrate spines, inner leaves linear, spiny near base, green; inflorescence sessile; flowers red or white, to 2 inches long or more, petals with appendages.
Mexico, Central America, South America

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-11?

Accession #: 199000015

Accession Date: 1990-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3311

Quantity: 1

Source: Steve Macricosta, Costa R

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Poales

Family: Bromeliaceae

SubFamily: Pitcairnioideae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, January 09, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, January 09, 2017.

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