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hanging lobster claw
Heliconia rostrata
Heliconia rostrata
hanging lobster claw lobster-claw
Heliconia rostrata Heliconiaceae
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common names
  hanging lobster claw
  false bird of paradise
  parrot's beak heliconia
accepted scientific name
  Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav.
rules for finding collection records
  Heliconia rostrata (106)
family name
  • Heliconiaceae
Image Author: Forest And Kim Starr
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: No obvious petals, Irregularly shaped flowers
Petal colors: color color
Leaf: Alternate, Simple
Plant Observed All Year
Introduced. Native to Central America.

How Likely at this Location (22%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (63%)
where plant found
mag select

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


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Heliconia rostrata   Ruiz & Pav.   (TSN: 896434, Index: 512)


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