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.

Pitcairnia roseana là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Bromeliaceae. Loài này được L.B.Sm. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1937.