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red ginger
Alpinia purpurata
Alpinia purpurata
red ginger ginger
Alpinia purpurata Zingiberaceae
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common name
  red ginger
accepted scientific name
  Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum.
rules for finding collection records
  Alpinia purpurata (365)
family name
  • Zingiberaceae
Image Author: ©2009 Forest And Kim Starr
Image License: CC BY
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Three petals, Six petals, Irregularly shaped flowers
Petal colors: color color color
Leaf: Alternate, Simple
Plant Observed All Year
Introduced. Native to parts of Melanesia.

How Likely at this Location (54%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (54%)
where plant found
mag select

Sand
Grassland
Disturbed
Wetland
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Riparian
Meadow
Forest
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Alpinia purpurata   (Vieill.) K. Schum.   (TSN: 182554, Index: 452)


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