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| Distribution | Of horticultural origin, now widely naturalized along roadsides and thickets in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas.In the Hawaiian Islands,
naturalized on
Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui, Hawai`i.
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Habit
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Plants 25-50(-100) cm tall, with corms 2-3 cm in diameter and slender scaly stolons.
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Leaves
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Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 30-50 cm long, 0.8-2 cm wide.
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Flowers
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Spikes slightly flexuous, arching horizontally, with several branches, bracts 6-10 mm long; tepals orange, lanceolate, 15-25 mm long, 6-9 mm wide, subequal, spreading, the perianth tube slightly curved, 10-15 mm long; filaments 15-22 mm long; anthers 6-8 mm long.
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Fruit
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Capsules up to 7 mm long, ca. 9 mm wide.
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Seeds
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Seeds brown, wrinkled, usually not viable.
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Chromosomes
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2n = 20-24, 33, 44
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