Filed As:
Ericaceae
Psammisia ferruginea A.C.Sm.
Ericaceae
Psammisia ferruginea A.C.Sm.
Location:
United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. New York Botanical Garden. Propagation greenhouse.
United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. New York Botanical Garden. Propagation greenhouse.
Description:
Shrub. Leaves bullate and bicolor, lighter beneath. Bracteoles brown and desciduous. Rachis green. Pedicels red. Calyx campanulate, terete; calyx tube red, limb green-yellowish, the limb turning reddish with time but still suffused with yellow-green. Corolla urceolate with one constriction above the middle, the throat tubular, bright green in bud and at anthesis, when older turning all dark red. Filaments white; anthers orange with the spurs dark, more or less blackish; style red. The hairs on the flowers are white, those of the stems are ferrugineous.
Shrub. Leaves bullate and bicolor, lighter beneath. Bracteoles brown and desciduous. Rachis green. Pedicels red. Calyx campanulate, terete; calyx tube red, limb green-yellowish, the limb turning reddish with time but still suffused with yellow-green. Corolla urceolate with one constriction above the middle, the throat tubular, bright green in bud and at anthesis, when older turning all dark red. Filaments white; anthers orange with the spurs dark, more or less blackish; style red. The hairs on the flowers are white, those of the stems are ferrugineous.
Feature Notes:
UNICATE. [Photo]. Acc. No. 1069/93*A
UNICATE. [Photo]. Acc. No. 1069/93*A
Identifiers:
GUID: 67bd5828-0f00-42a6-911d-5482f322c1a0
GUID: 67bd5828-0f00-42a6-911d-5482f322c1a0