FAMILY | ALSTROEMERIACEAE

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Gardening | Plant ID

peruvian lilies

Alstroemeriaceae is distributed in tropical and temperate America, from Mexico to the southern tip of South America.

Peruvian lily, Lilies of the Incas (Alstroemeria aurea)
Taken April 2017:  The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden

Because it has a long vase life, Peruvian lily (Alstroemeria) is often used in bouquets. It has trumpet shaped flowers, solitary or borne in umbels. Plants of this genus grow from a cluster of tuberous roots.  Alstroemeria was named for Baron Clas Alströmer (1736 – 1794), a Swedish naturalist who was a student of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University. He established a botanical garden and natural museum near Gothenburg, Sweden which was managed by the botanist Anders Dahl (the dahlia's namesake). 

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