Filed As:

Ericaceae
Gaultheria bracteata (Cav.) G.Don

Location:

Peru. Cusco. Kms 143-152 Ollantaytambo-Alfamayo road; 58-67 km NW of Ollantaytam-bo. Alt. 3110 - 3415 m. (10203 - 11204 ft.)

Collector(s):

J. L. Luteyn 6461 with M. L. Lebrón-Luteyn, 11 Dec 1978

Description:

erect shrub to 1 m tall. young, unfolding leaves covered with rusty-red hairs, as new twigs; mature stems & leaves w/dark brown to blackish hairs.

Habitat:

montane cloud forest. common.

Other:

Collection Notes: floral bracts green suffused with red, as are pedicels and calyx; corolles white suffused with pink; leaves hard coriaceous, somewhat bullate; margins revolute

Identifiers:

GUID: 6811bba0-6257-48f4-a51a-bfbf5b44ce23

Distribution:

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