Accession Data
Tillandsia usneoides
Common Name: Spanish Moss - fine form
Family: Bromeliaceae
Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
Description: Fine-leaved, gracile Carribean form.
[syn. Renealmia usneoides L., Dendropogon usneoides (L.) Raf.]
Stems slender, branching, leafy, hanging, often to 20 feet or more, hoary-gray, festooned in masses over trees; leaves scattered, very narrowly linear, to 2 inches long; flowers small, pale green or blue, solitary in axils of leaves.
Florida to Texas, south to Argentina. Common on trees in southeastern US, where it is collected for use as a packing and stuffing material. Also commonly used in the floral trade.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 8-11
Accession #: 199900306
Accession Date: 1999-09-20 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3308
Quantity: 2
Source: Matt Opel
Provenance: Wild collected in Dominican Republic, cuttings via Bird Rock Tropicals in California.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
SubFamily: Tillandsioideae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
- Personal communication with Matt Opel, Sept 20, 1999
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