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Neoastelia spectabilis Silver Sword Lily Habit

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This is a spectacular threatened Lily that is the only member of its genus on earth. It is known from a few cold wet dark waterfalls in New England NP at 900-1200m elevation in Nothofagus Beech Cool Temperate Rainforest.Usually for a monocotyledon it has 10-14 tepals rather than 6-12.

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