Heliconia hirsuta

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = HeliconiaHirsuta.jpg

|genus = Heliconia

|species = hirsuta

|authority = L.f.

|synonyms = *Bihai harrisiana Griggs

• Bihai hirsuta (L.f.) Kuntze
• Heliconia costanensis Aristeg.

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Heliconia hirsuta is a species of flowering plant in the family Heliconiaceae. This plant is an erect herb up to 2 m tall, and it is native to Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, from Belize to Trinidad to Argentina.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248417 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia hirsuta]Andersson, L. 1985. Revision of Heliconia subgen. Stenochlamys (Musaceae-Heliconioideae). Opera Botanica 82: 1–124.