Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Heliconia stricta
Collector Name:
Tim Flynn
Collection Date:
July 15, 1990
Observers:
Audrey Valenciano-Flynn, Roger Peckenpaugh, and Roy Yamakawa
State:
PICHINCHA PROVINCE
Locality:
Road from Sto. Domingo de Los Colorados to Esmeraldas, 2 km East of El Rosario; along roadside at edge of field.
Plant Description:
Erect herb to eight ft.; fronds dark green above with paler glossy lateral veins, below glossy grey-green below with whitish-green midrib; upper petiole with white waxy bloom especially on younger leaves; inflorescence erect, lowest bract dark green along keel to tip (which occasionally has leaf-like appendage), yellow at base with rose overlay, becoming yellow-green and then finally dark green along margin; upper bracts with dark pinkish-red face and whitish to whitish-green keel; inside of bracts dull orange with dark green margin; floral bracts pale yellow, flowers white at base with dark green apex.
Comments:
Specimen consists of two sheets (058882 & 058883).
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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