Tillandsia capitata Griseb.

Tillandsia capitata Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 255. 1866
Tillandsia lephrophylla Harms, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 10: 800. 1929.
Plant stemless, 2-5 dm. high; leaves densely rosulate, curved, equaling or exceeding the inflorescence when extended, densely and coarsely pale-appressed-lepidote throughout; sheaths broadly ovate or elliptic, up to 9 cm. long, ferruginous; blades narrowly triangular, acuminate, 1-3 cm. wide at the base, involute-subulate toward the apex; scape erect or ascending, 6 mm. in diameter; scape-bracts densely imbricate, foliaceous, their blades exceeding the inflorescence or spreading to reflexed, the upper ones subinvolucrate below the inflorescence, usually tinged with red; inflorescence depauperate-compound or pseudo-simple and polystichous-flowered, densely capitate, ellipsoid, 4-7 cm. long; primary bracts like the upper scape-bracts but with very short blades, much exceeding the axiUary spikes; spikes sessile, ovate, densely 1-5-flowered with I or 2 sterile bracts at the base; floral bracts ovate, acute, up to 35 mm. long, equaling the sepals, carinate, chartaceous, lepidote at least toward the apex; flowers subsessile; sepals lanceoblong, acute, membranaceous, glabrous, short-connate posteriorly; petals tubular-erect, narrow, 35-50 mm. long, blue; stamens exserted; capsule slenderly cylindric, acute, 27 mm. long.
Type locality: Eastern Cuba.
Distribution; Exposed cliffs, Cuba and Mexico.

Tillandsia capitata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. It is native to Mexico, Honduras, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.