'Sharonii'

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Cultivar epithet:  'Sharonii'

Species/hybrid:  Heliconia stricta

Description:  Erect inflorescence; 5 to 7 distichous bracts, light red-orange with yellow base and keel, lip with green line
subtended by yellow distally and yellow proximally, basal bract with distal green keel; rachis pink to yellow; sepals dark green distally with white tip, white proximally; ovary and pedicel white. Vegetation musoid; maroon midrib on upper surface, lower surface maroon, leaf margins slightly undulate. Height 0.6 to 2.7 m (2 to 9 feet).

Publication:  Kepler, A.K. 1989. Exotic tropicals of Hawaii. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu.

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