Filed As:
Ericaceae
Cavendishia
Ericaceae
Cavendishia
Location:
Panama. Chiriquí. Junction of old road with new, just above (N of) Fortuna Dam, 5.6 km N of Sitio de Presa. Alt. 1110 m. (3642 ft.)
Panama. Chiriquí. Junction of old road with new, just above (N of) Fortuna Dam, 5.6 km N of Sitio de Presa. Alt. 1110 m. (3642 ft.)
Description:
Terrestrial shrub, 1.5 m tall. Leaves slightly bullate, without red color at base of leaf above (as in C. axillaris). Plant with slight odor of wintergreen (as C. quereme). Floral bracts dark rose-red, adpressed to calyx at anthesis and after, not spreading. Corolla white at very base and at throat and lobes, otherwise orange. [photo; pickled].
Terrestrial shrub, 1.5 m tall. Leaves slightly bullate, without red color at base of leaf above (as in C. axillaris). Plant with slight odor of wintergreen (as C. quereme). Floral bracts dark rose-red, adpressed to calyx at anthesis and after, not spreading. Corolla white at very base and at throat and lobes, otherwise orange. [photo; pickled].
Habitat:
Disturbed roadside now abandoned.
Disturbed roadside now abandoned.
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 189663
GUID: b7b5cb38-6868-4e40-9cf1-b3865639ef8b
NY Barcode: 189663
GUID: b7b5cb38-6868-4e40-9cf1-b3865639ef8b
Map:
Coordinates: (8.8, -82.2)
Coordinates: (8.8, -82.2)