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Bromelia villosa is a spiny, rosette-forming bromeliad from seasonally dry tropical South America, grown mainly as a hardy ornamental. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and little water once established.
Bromelia villosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is native to Bolivia and Brazil.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromelia villosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
