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Puya alpestris

Synonyms: Pitcairnia alpestris (homotypic); Pourretia alpestris (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Puya alpestris is a species of bromeliad native to Chilean Andes and grown as an ornamental plant. It produces a clump of gray-green, spike-edged leaves and bolts a tall inflorescence containing many flowers. The flower is an unusual teal color with bright light orange pollen. Puya alpestris flowers at the Huntington Desert Garden in San Marino, California.
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Infraspecies

Puya alpestris alpestris
Puya alpestris zoellneri

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Herb

Predators

Vagobanta divergens[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0