Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Alstroemeria psittacina
Common name
Parrot lily, Parrot Alstroemeria, Christmas lily, Inca lily
Family
Alstroemeriaceae
Where found
Urban bushland, woodland, shady sites, and along streams. Coastal north from the Nowra district.
Notes
Introduced perennial herb to 1 m high, rhizomatous, and with numerous white fleshy roots. Leaves alternating up the stems, or in loose clusters, 3–10 cm long, 10–35 mm wide, soft-textured, surfaces often slightly glaucous, tips blunt or pointed. Flowers dark red below, pale yellowish green above, with green stripes and dark purplish blotches, with 6 'petals', each 40–70 mm long, overlapping to form a funnel or narrow tube. Flowers in few- to many-flowered clusters. Flowering: November–May.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Alstroemeria~psittacina (accessed 2 January, 2021)
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