Heliconiaceae
Guatemalan bird of paradise
Heliconia subulata
- Family
- Heliconiaceae
- Genus
- Heliconia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 黄蝎尾蕉
- English
- Guatemalan bird of paradise
Synonyms
- Heliconia psittacorum var. subulata (Ruiz & Pav.) Baker
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Luis Recalde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: tandria, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Guatemalan bird of paradise: 黃麗鳥蕉 Heliconia subulata [新加坡植物園 Singapore Botanic Gardens]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/%E9%BB%83%E9%BA%97%E9%B3%A5%E8%95%89_Heliconia_subulata_-%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%A0%E5%9D%A1%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Singapore_Botanic_Gardens-_%289255261168%29.jpg/500px-%E9%BB%83%E9%BA%97%E9%B3%A5%E8%95%89_Heliconia_subulata_-%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%A0%E5%9D%A1%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Singapore_Botanic_Gardens-_%289255261168%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Guatemalan bird of paradise: 黃麗鳥蕉 Heliconia subulata [新加坡植物園 Singapore Botanic Gardens]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/%E9%BB%83%E9%BA%97%E9%B3%A5%E8%95%89_Heliconia_subulata_-%E6%96%B0%E5%8A%A0%E5%9D%A1%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Singapore_Botanic_Gardens-_%289255261168%29.jpg)
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.