Alstroemeria psittacina Lehm.

Herb with many simple stems to 1 m long from thin rhizome, with fleshy tuberous roots. Leaves spathulate (lamina elliptic-ovate-lanceolate), bluntly acute to obtuse, 3–10 cm long, 1–3.5 cm wide, thin; petiole 1–6 cm long. Inflorescence with few to many flowers; pedicels 1–1.5 cm long. Perianth red and green, spotted black; segments spathulate, overlapping to form a narrow tube 4–7 cm long. Sepals 4–7 cm long, 1.5–2 cm wide. Petals 4–7 cm long, 0.7–1 cm wide. Stamens 3.5–6 cm long; anthers 4–6 mm long. Ovary 10–15 mm long, prominently ribbed; style 3.5–6.5 mm long; stigmas divergent, 3–5 mm long. Capsule angularly subglobose with prominent ribs, 1–1.5 cm diam. Seeds rugose-tuberculate, 2.5–3 mm diam., reddish brown.

Grows in shady areas, in disturbed sites usually near settlement and with other weeds; recorded from weedy creek banks, riparian vegetation, wetlands, edges of rainforest, tall open eucalypt forest, eucalypt woodland, a damp paddock, an artificial ditch, footpath, roadsides and embankments.

Cultivated as an ornamental.

Can be grown by divisions. Seeds needs soaking.