Peruvian-lily
Alstroemeria aurea Graham
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- 51 cm
Alstroemeriaceae
Formerly Alstroemeria araucana, Alstroemeria aurantiaca, Alstroemeria chiloensis, Alstroemeria concolor, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Tuberous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & SC. Chile to S. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 51 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orangeRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -10 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Welsh
- lili Periw
- Chinese
- 智利六出花, 金黄六出花
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Alstroemeria aurea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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