Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Heliconia stricta
Collector Name:
Tim Flynn
Collection Date:
July 14, 1990
Other Herbarium:
QCNE,MO,US
Determiner:
! W. J. Kress viii.92
Observers:
Audrey Valenciano-Flynn, Roger Peckenpaugh, and Roy Yamakawa
State:
PICHINCHA PROVINCE
Locality:
San Miguel de los Bancos-Santo Domingo de los Colorados Road, 4.5 km W of Rio Blanco.
Plant Description:
Small erect herb to six ft; petiole pale green with irregular maroon mottling; fronds dark green with maroon midvein bordered with pale green bands, below glossy grey-green with pale green to maroon midvein; inflorescence erect; peduncle yellow to pale green; lowest bract with leaf-like appendage; rachis yellow; face scarlet then orange-yellow and finally dark green at margin, margin revolute; flower white at base then dark green with white apex.
Habitat:
In secondary vegetation along roadside.
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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