Thalia geniculata L.

FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA
NEW YORKBOTANICAL GARDEN
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The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of U.S.A.
Marantaceae
Thalia geniculata L
M. Nee, 1995
Florida, Hendry Co., Hyw. CR 830, junction witft
Neely Davis Road, 0.5 miles S of jet. with 830A,
2.1 miles E of Hwy. 29. Flat roadside
surrounded by pastures and fields, patch of
brushy vegetation with Sabal palmetto, Thalia
geniculata in ditches.
To 3 m. tall. Petals purple; spikes hanging?
dark green.
BOTANICAL
Coll.: M. Nee 45830
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