Filed As:

Ericaceae
Gaultheria erecta Vent.

Location:

Venezuela. Mérida. Road to Los Nevados, road from Teleferico, just before first house and view of Los Nevados; ca 2 km before Los Nevados Pueblo. Alt. 3900 m. (12795 ft.)

Collector(s):

G. Sobel 2239 with J. Strudwick, 18 Mar 1980

Description:

low shrub ca 15 cm. flowers light pink/white at tip, calyx-pink. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

Habitat:

cultivated fields w/shrubby vegetation alongside N-NW facing slope; growing in dry rocky bank shaded by shrub and trees.

Identifiers:

GUID: 1c163869-a24e-40e6-95a1-05dadfccfa9c

Distribution:

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