View source for Alstroemeria pulchella

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|accepted_name=Alstroemeria pulchella
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus f.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Suppl. Pl.,
|place=206. 1782
|year=1782
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Alstroemeria brasiliensis
|authority=Sprengel
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Alstroemeria psittacina
|authority=Lehmann
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Alstroemeria;Alstroemeria pulchella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Alstroemeria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Alstroemeria pulchella]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 199
|treatment_page=page 200
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>erect, leafy, weak-stemmed. <b>Leaves</b> 1.5–3 × 6–11 cm; blade narrowly lanceolate to elliptic-spatulate on fertile shoots, broader on sterile shoots, glabrous, base cuneate, apex acute to rounded; petiole 2–4 cm. <b>Umbels</b> 3–8-flowered, bracteate. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals red to wine, spotted purplish brown, greenish at apex, narrowly spatulate, 3.5–4.5 cm, apex and margins of base slightly puberulent; pedicel 1.5–3 cm. <b>Capsules</b> globose, 1.3 × 1 cm, bluntish terminal portion with several spinose acuminations, each valve narrowly winged adaxially.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid spring–early summer.
|habitat=Loose or sandy soils in shade to partially sunny, moist, disturbed sites
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Brazil.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Alstroemeria pulchella</i> is used as an outdoor ornamental in the warmer parts of the United States, where it has escaped and apparently become naturalized.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Alstroemeria pulchella
|authority=Linnaeus f.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Alstroemeria brasiliensis;Alstroemeria psittacina
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid spring–early summer.
|habitat=Loose or sandy soils in shade to partially sunny, moist, disturbed sites
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Brazil.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Suppl. Pl.,
|publication year=1782
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_340.xml
|genus=Alstroemeria
|species=Alstroemeria pulchella
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