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Alstroemeria hookeri hookeri

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Description

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Genus Alstroemeria

Herbs, perennial , from fascicles of fusiform tubers. Stems mostly simple ; fertile stems to 1 m or more; sterile stems shorter, more leafy. Leaves alternate; petiole often twisted so as to invert leaf; blade parallel-veined , linear to ovate , margins entire. Inflorescences terminal , umbellate [or 1-flowered]. Flowers slightly zygomorphic; tepals 6, distinct , red, orange, purple, green, or white, frequently spotted, to 5 cm; stamens 6, inserted on perianth base , declinate , usually unequal; ovary inferior; style slender; stigma 3-lobed, filiform . Fruits capsular , 3-valved, dehiscence loculicidal.

Species ca. 60: introduced ; North America, South America.[1]

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 26-Aug-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Alstroemeria

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 109 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. angustifolia (Alstroemeria) · A. aurantiaca (Peruvian-Lily) · A. aurea (Inca Lily) · A. crispata (Alstroemeria) · A. cummingiana (Alstroemeria) · A. exerens (Lirio Del Monte) · A. haemantha (Purplespot Parrotlily) · A. hybrids (Peruvian Lily) · A. Inca Avanti = 'Koncavanti' (Peruvian Lily [inca Avanti]) · A. Inca Coral = 'Konocoral' (Peruvian Lily [inca Coral]) · A. Inca Ginger (Peruvian Lily [inca Ginger]) · A. Inca Joli = 'Koncajoli' (Peruvian Lily [inca Joli]) · A. Inca Lake = 'Koncalake' (Peruvian Lily [inca Lake]) · A. Inticancha Creamy Dark Pink = 'Tescreda' (Peruvian Lily [inticancha Creamy Dark Pink]) · A. Inticancha Dark Purple = 'Tesdarklin' (Peruvian Lily [inticancha Dark Purple]) · A. Inticancha Sunday = 'Tessunday' (Peruvian Lily [inticancha Sunday]) · A. Inticancha Sunlight = 'Tessunlight' (Peruvian Lily [inticancha Sunlight) · A. Inticancha White = 'Teswhitin' (Peruvian Lily [inticancha White]) · A. Inticancha White Pink Blush = 'Tesblushin' (Peruvian Lily [inticancha White Pink Blush]) · A. Inticancha White Pink Heart = 'Tesheartin' (Peruvian Lily [inticancha White Pink Heart]) · A. kingii (Alstroemeria) · A. leporina (Alstroemeria) · A. ligtu (St. Martins Lily) · A. ligtu simsii (Liuto) · A. magenta (Alstroemeria) · A. magnifica (Alstroemeria) · A. pallida (Lirio De Cordillera) · A. patagonica (Amancay Del Desierto) · A. pelegrina (Alstroemeria) · A. philippii (Alstroemeria) · A. Princess Lilian = 'Zaprilian' (Peruvian Lily [princess Lilian]) · A. psittacina (Lily of the Incas) · A. psittacina 'Mona Lisa' (Lily of The Incas) · A. psittacina 'Variegata' (White-Edged Princess Lily) · A. pulchella (Parrot Lily) · A. pulchra var. maxima (Mariposa Del Campo) · A. schizanthoides (Alstroemeria) · A. violacea (Lirio De Campo) · A. werdermannii (Alstroemeria) · A. 'Angela' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Anouska' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Bellhonbell' (Peruvian Lily 'bellhonbell') · A. 'Bellsta' (Peruvian Lily 'bellsta') · A. 'Bell Red' (Peruvian Lily 'bell Red') · A. 'Celine' (Peruvian Lily 'celine') · A. 'Cherry Wonder' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Chi Chi' (Peruvian Lily 'chi Chi') · A. 'Daniela' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Davina' (Peruvian Lily 'davina') · A. 'Florist's Champagne' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Glory of the Andes' (Glory of the Andes Peruvian Lily) · A. 'Isabella' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Ivana' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Julietta Zaprijul' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Konalaya' (Peruvian Lily 'konalaya') · A. 'Konanel' (Peruvian Lily 'konanel') · A. 'Konflam' (Peruvian Lily 'konflam') · A. 'Konite' (Peruvian Lily 'konite') · A. 'Konivision' (Peruvian Lily 'konivision) · A. 'Konratus' (Peruvian Lily 'konratus') · A. 'Konsired' (Peruvian Lily 'konsired') · A. 'Konspart' (Peruvian Lily 'konspart') · A. 'Little Miss Gina' (Peruvian Lily 'little Miss Gina') · A. 'Louise' (Peruvian Lily 'louise') · A. 'Maestro' (Peruvian Lily 'maestro') · A. 'Odessa' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Oxana' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Princess Paola' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Princess Series' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Red Sensation' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Sacha' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Sancho Red' (Sancho Red Peruvian Lily) · A. 'Susana' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Sussex Gold' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Sweet Laura' (Alstroemeria) · A. 'Tesalyps' (Peruvian Lily 'tesalyps') · A. 'Tesanas' (Peruvian Lily 'tesanas') · A. 'Tesbeyon' (Peruvian Lily 'tesbeyon') · A. 'Tesblushin' (Peruvian Lily 'tesblushin') · A. 'Tesenjoy' (Peruvian Lily 'tesenjoy') · A. 'Tesirag' (Peruvian Lily 'tesirag') · A. 'Tesmacom' (Peruvian Lily 'tesmacom') · A. 'Tesnity' (Peruvian Lily 'tesnity') · A. 'Tesnoram' (Peruvian Lily 'tesnoram') · A. 'Tesonbico' (Peruvian Lily 'tesonbico') · A. 'Tesortalez' (Peruvian Lily 'tesortalez') · A. 'Tespurplin' (Peruvian Lily 'tespurplin') · A. 'Testerosso' (Peruvian Lily 'testerosso') · A. 'Teswaiian' (Peruvian Lily 'teswaiian') · A. 'Teswhitin' (Peruvian Lily 'teswhitin') · A. 'Third Harmonic' (Lily of The Incas) · A. 'Zalsacal' (Peruvian Lily 'zalsacal') · A. 'Zalsador' (Peruvian Lily 'zalsador') · A. 'Zalsaemu' (Peruvian Lily 'zalsaemu') · A. 'Zalsaice' (Peruvian Lily 'zalsaice') · A. 'Zalsamin' (Peruvian Lily 'zalsamin') · A. 'Zalsanao' (Peruvian Lily 'zalsanao') · A. 'Zalsance' (Peruvian Lily 'zalsance') · A. 'Zalsaphin' (Peruvian Lily 'zalsaphin') · A. 'Zalsarac' (Peruvian Lily 'zalsarac')

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Footnotes

  1. Walter C. Holmes "Alstroemeria". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 55, 200. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 7/23/2012