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expanded lobsterclaw
Heliconia latispatha
Heliconia latispatha
expanded lobsterclaw lobster-claw
Heliconia latispatha Heliconiaceae
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common name
  expanded lobsterclaw
accepted scientific name
  Heliconia latispatha Benth.
rules for finding collection records
  Heliconia latispatha (43)
family name
  • Heliconiaceae
Image Author: ©2002 Forest And Kim Starr
Image License: CC BY
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: No obvious petals, Irregularly shaped flowers
Petal colors: color color color
Flower size is about 6 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Simple
Plant Observed 3rd week of May thru 3rd week of December
Introduced. Native to America.

How Likely at this Location (14%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (100%)
where plant found
mag select

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


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Heliconia latispatha   Benth.   (TSN: 502928, Index: 559)


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