Authority:

Smith, Albert C. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. camp. Vaceiniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 41-85.

Family:

Ericaceae

Discussion:

The cited specimens were obtained at elevations of 7,500 to 11,500 ft.; the plants are usually prostrate and trailing (rarely erect to 1 m. high) on banks, open slopes, and bare eroding areas, often rooting along the stem; leaves often reddish when young, later deep green and shining above, with nerves reddish beneath; corolla pink to bright red or crimson; fruit nigrescent-blue or purple-black, shining.

Venezuela to Peru; our material agrees well with the Ecuadorian specimens cited by Sleumer in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 13: 133 (1936).