Peruvian Lily
Alstroemeria aurea
Plantae
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- South America
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Uncommon
About
Peruvian Lily is a flowering plant that grows in the ground and produces large, bright-colored blooms. They are native to Chile and Argentina but are also widely cultivated as ornamental plants.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Liliales
- Family
- Alstroemeriaceae
- Genus
- Alstroemeria
- Species
- Alstroemeria aurea