Pitcairnia roseana L. B. Sm.

Pitcairnia roseana L. B. Smith, Contr Gray Herb. 117: 27. 1937.
Leaf-sheaths unknown; blades deciduous along a straight transverse line, linear, acuminate,
4 dm. long, 13 mm. wide, entire above the line of cleavage, glabrous above, beneath densely subtomentose with pale linear scales; scape straight, 5 mm. in diameter, closely and densely white-lanate; scape-bracts erect, densely imbricate, broadly ovate, covered with a membrane of pale coalesced scales, the lowest with long narrow subfoliaceous blades which equal the inflorescence; inflorescence simple, densely cylindric, 24 cm. long, 2 cm. in diameter; floral bracts erect, broadly ovate, acuminate, exceeding the sepals, subcoriaceous, nerved or nearly even, covered with a pale membrane of coalesced scales; flowers erect, sessile; sepals lanceolate, acute, 22 mm. long, densely white-floccose, the posterior ones strongly carinate; petals linear,
5 cm. long, red, naked; stamens included; ovary more than three-fourths superior; ovules caudate.
Type locality: Durango.
Distribution: Known only from the type collection.

Pitcairnia roseana is a plant species in the genus Pitcairnia. This species is endemic to Mexico.