Accession Data:
Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.
subg. Diaphoranthema
- Common Name: Spanish Moss - coarse form
- Family: Bromeliaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Peru
- Habitat: epiphytic bromeliad
- Description: Unusually large and robust South American form.
[syn. Renealmia usneoides L., Dendropogon usneoides (L.) Raf.]
Stems slender, branching, leafy, hanging, often to 20 feet or more, hoary-gray, festooned in masses over trees; leaves scattered, very narrowly linear, to 2 inches long; flowers small, pale green or blue, solitary in axils of leaves.
Florida to Texas, south to Argentina. Common on trees in southeastern US, where it is collected for use as a packing and stuffing material. Also commonly used in the floral trade.
- USDA Zone: 8-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 199900305
- Source: Matt Opel
- Provenance: Peru
- Accession Date: 09-20-1999
- Bench: 3308 - NEOB: StarSteel 3x12
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 06-17-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Poales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Bromeliaceae
- SubFamily: Tillandsioideae
- Tribe:
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Texas / Alabama / Arkansas / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Virginia / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Bahamas / Bermuda / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Trinidad-Tobago / Venezuelan Antilles / Windward Is. / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Chile Central / Chile North / Paraguay / Uruguay
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
- Personal communication with Matt Opel, Sept 20, 1999
data regenerated on Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:54:20 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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