Alstroemeria garaventae

Description

Alstroemeria garaventae is a species of monocotyledonous plant in the genus Alstroemeria, family Alstroemeriaceae, described by Ehrentraut Bayer. According to the Catalog of Life, Alstroemeria garaventae has no known subspecies. Alstroemeria garaventae is an alströmeria plant species described by Ehrentraut Bayer. Alstroemeria garaventae is part of the genus Alströmerior, and the family Alströmeria plants. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life. Alstroemeria garaventae is a species of lily. This was first described by Ehrentraut Bayer. Alstroemeria garaventae belongs to the genus Alstroemeria, and family Alstroemeriaceae. Alstroemeria, commonly called the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. They are all native to South America although some have become naturalized in the United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Madeira and the Canary Islands. Almost all of the species are restricted to one of two distinct centers of diversity, one in central Chile, the other in eastern Brazil. Species of Alstroemeria from Chile are winter-growing plants while those of Brazil are summer growing. All are long-lived perennials except A. graminea, a diminutive annual from the Atacama Desert of Chile. Plants of this genus grow from a cluster of tubers. They send up fertile and sterile stems, the fertile stems of some species reaching 1.5 meters in height. The leaves are alternately arranged and resupinate, twisted on the petioles so that the undersides face up. The leaves are variable in shape and the blades have smooth edges. The flowers are solitary or borne in umbels. The flower has six petals each up to 5 centimeters long. They come in many shades of red, orange, purple, green, and white, flecked and striped and streaked with darker colors. There are six curving stamens. The stigma has three lobes. The fruit is a capsule with three valves. Alstroemeria are classified as an inferior monocot, meaning the petals are located above the ovary and the leaf veins are parallel.