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Puya chilensis Mol.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name:
- Family: Bromeliaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Chile
- Habitat: terrestrial bromeliad of arid hillsides
- Description: Stems simple or branched, to 15 feet high, 8 inches thick; leaves to 3 feet long, 2 inches wide, glaucous; inflorescence paniculate, branches sterile above the middle; flowers yellow, to 3 inches long.
Leaves furnish a fiber used for making fish nets.
Plants known to trap mammals with their recurved spines.
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 Accession Data:- Accession # 199500147
- Source:
- Accession Date: 07-07-1995
- Bench: 2116 - unused
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-21-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Poales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Bromeliaceae
- SubFamily: Pitcairnioideae
- Tribe:
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