Filed As:

Ericaceae
Cavendishia erythrostegia Luteyn

Location:

Colombia. Chocó. Ansermanuevo-San José del Palmar road, km 65-67. Alt. 1850 - 1975 m. (6069 - 6480 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 7302 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn & G. Morales, 19 Apr 1979

Description:

terrestrial shrub to 2 m tall. floral bracts bright, glossy orangish-red; pedicels & calyx whitish;lower 1/2 of corolla white grading into dark purple.

Habitat:

roadside slopes cloud forest. one plant seen.

Other:

Collection Notes: limb and lobes white, lobe margins purple; filaments white; anther sack golden yellow, tubules tinged w/purple

Identifiers:

GUID: 61d4da94-3e94-497c-b91a-afd82e10c83a

Distribution:

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