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Heliconia stricta ‘Dwarf Jamaican’

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Zingiberales Family: Heliconiaceae Genus: Heliconia

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Heliconia stricta ‘Dwarf Jamaican’ Waimea Botanical garden. Mesic lowland cultivated setting. Preserved_Specimen Herbs to 75 cm. Leaves glossy below, medium green above, with red midveins. Flowers white, with pink tips, bracts crimson with green stripe on underside. Frohlich, D. 2014011404 Oahu BISH 2014-01-14
2 Heliconia stricta ‘Dwarf Jamaican’ Honolulu, Hawaii Kai area, Maunaluan Condominium, Hahaione St, back of complex In a shaded, moist location. Preserved_Specimen Plant used as a ground cover forming a dense growth. Herbaceous plants 18-24 ht; foliage somewhat glossy, dark grn w. a purple midrib; floral bracts red-orange w. a narrow grn margin & grn on the keel; fls lighter red-orange w. white tips, subtended by a grn band. Herbst, D.R. 9260 Oahu BISH 1990-03-06
3 Heliconia stricta ‘Dwarf Jamaican’ Honolulu, Hawaii Kai area, Maunaluan Condominium, Hahaione St, back of complex In a shaded, moist location. Preserved_Specimen Plant used as a ground cover forming a dense growth. Herbaceous plants 18-24 ht; foliage somewhat glossy, dark grn w. a purple midrib; floral bracts red-orange w. a narrow grn margin & grn on the keel; fls lighter red-orange w. white tips, subtended by a grn band. Herbst, D.R. 9260 Oahu BISH 1990-03-06
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