Filed As:

Ericaceae
Bejaria aestuans Mutis ex L.

Location:

Venezuela. Mérida. Bailadores-La Grita road, La Granzonera region, 31 km S of Bailado- res. Alt. 3050 m. (10006 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 5254 with M. Lebrón-Luteyn, L. Ruíz-Terán & J. A. Dugarte, 26 Jan 1978

Description:

shrub 1 m tall. rachis, pedicels and calyx greens suffused with purple; petals dark pink to red towards base, pink above; filament pink.

Habitat:

subpáramo slopes dominated by Ericaceae. scattered.

Other:

Collection Notes: anthers yellow, inflorescence viscid
Specimen Notes: NY, VEN

Identifiers:

GUID: 5c0da666-c961-4345-a798-6be7f0c6fd1d

Distribution:

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