Puya caerulea
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Puya caerulea, Lindl. (Pitcairnia caerulea, Benth. & Hook.). Foliage pineapple-like, with linear very acute lvs. 2 ft. long, which are spinose-dentate and nearly glabrous: peduncle 3-4 ft. tall, the bracts membranaceous, the infl. somewhat branched but not loose: fls. narrow-tubular, the petals blue and oblong-obtuse, the sepals much shorter and green and obtuse; alternate stamens shorter. Chile. B.R. 26:11.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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