Neoregelia spectabilis

Common name: Fingernail Plant

Family: Bromeliaceae

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Country of Origin: Brazil

Description: [syn. Aregelia spectabilis (T. Moore) Mez.]

Leaves to 16 inches long, 1.5 inches wide, gray striped beneath, green above with red tips, the inner margined with purple; flowers blue, to 1.6 inches long,

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USDA Zone: 9b-11

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: commelinids
• Order: Poales
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• Family: Bromeliaceae
• SubFamily: Bromelioideae
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References:

1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
3. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
4. Leaves capture water at Ask Nature. Last accessed on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.

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