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'Shamrock'
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| Cultivar epithet: 'Shamrock' Species/hybrid: Heliconia psittacorum Description: Erect inflorescence; 5 o 7 distichous bracts, dark to dull green from base shading to pale pink along distal lip and on tip; basal bract with green tip; rachis green or green-yellow; sepals orange with green-black distal band and white tip; ovary dark green on distal half and green-white proximally; pedicel pale green. Vegetation musoid. Height 0.9 to 1.5 m (3 to 5 feet). Nominant: F. Berry (1989)
Publication: Berry, F. and W.J. Kress. 1991.
Heliconia: An identification guide. Smithsonian Institution Press,
Washington.
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