Tillandsia utriculata L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants solitary or clustered on trees or shrubs, large, sometimes 4 m. high. Basal leaves numerous, densely appressed-scaly, 3-7 dm. long, lanceolate-attenuate with bases gradually expanded and 5-10 cm. wide, the lower ones of the flowering stem similar, but smaller, the upper reduced to acute sheathing scales 2-4 cm. long; inflorescence usually much branched, the branches long, ascending or nearly erect; spikes few-flowered; bracts oblong, appressed, 1.5-3 cm. long; sepals oblong, 2-2.5 cm. long; petals white or nearly white, shorter than the stamens; capsules subcylindric, 4-5 cm. long.
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Distribution
On trees and shrubs, Great Bahama, Berry Islands, Andros, New Providence, Exuma Chain, Cat Island, Crooked Island, Acklin's Island, Little Inagua, Inagua : Florida ; Cuba to Anegada and Trinidad ; Jamaica ; continental tropical America. Swollen Wild Pine.
Berry Islands Bahamas South America| South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America| Anegada Virgin Islands South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Jamaica South America|