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Alstroemeria aurea Graham

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Alstroemeria aurea Graham, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 15: 181 (1833)
Alstroemeria aurea Graham

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Graham
Graham
1833
181
ICN
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
species
Alstroemeria aurea

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Erect perennial, to 1 m high. Rhizome slender, hard, woody, c. 5 mm diam., with some roots becoming fleshy. Stems purplish and sometimes woody below with short, acute, membranous bracts, green and leafy above. Leaves thin, ± glaucous below, c. 6-13 × 0.5-2 cm, narrow-linear to lanceolate to ± elliptic, many-nerved, midrip ± indistinct, petiole short, narrow, twisted, with short sheath. Umbel compound, with 3-6 primary rays c. 5 cm long, each ultimate branch bearing 1-3 flowers, bases of primary and secondary rays with bract-like leaves similar to, and not much shorter or narrower than foliage leaves. Flowers c. 5 cm long, 1.5-3 cm diam., bright yellow with reddish markings; segments free, clawed, outer oblong, reddish-tinged towards green obtuse tip, inner slightly longer and much narrower than outer, acute, 2 upper with red-purple streaks. Capsule c. 2 × 1.5 cm, longitudinally 6-ribbed, with smooth apiculate cap.

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Alstroemeria aurantiaca D.Don
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
Alstroemeria aurantiaca D.Don
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
Alstroemeria aurea Graham

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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9168bc58-d070-4c47-9c0e-41c876ebe5d1
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
2 March 2022
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