Heliconia stricta

Heliconia stricta

  • Heliconia stricta
  • Heliconia stricta
  • Heliconia stricta
  • Heliconia stricta
  • Flower name
    Heliconia stricta
  • Scientific name
    Heliconia stricta
  • AliasHeliconia stricta, ドワーフジャマイカン, Dwarf Jamaican heliconia
  • Place of origintropical America, including Ecuador and Jamaica
  • Place of floweringGreenhouse, Subtropical region
  • Flowering seasonMay, June

What is Heliconia stricta

Heliconia stricta (scientific name: Heliconia stricta) is a tropical evergreen perennial plant in the family Heliconiaceae, native to tropical America, including Ecuador and Jamaica. The bracts are bright vermilion in color. Light green flowers with a diameter of 5-6 cm bloom from the bracts, but they are not as attractive as the bracts.

Common name: Heliconia stricta, scientific name: Heliconia stricta, also known as Dwarf Jamaican heliconia, origin: tropical America, including Ecuador and Jamaica. Southern tropical America, including Ecuador and Jamaica. Plant height: 1.5-3 m. Flowering season: May-August.


  • Order
    Zingiberales
  • Family
    Heliconiaceae
  • Genus
    Heliconia
  • Species
    H. stricta
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Spikelet inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Tubular
  • Leaf type
    oblong
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typetropical evergreen perennial plant
  • Flower colorsRed Yellow
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height150.0 ~ 300.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 2.0 cm

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