Filed As:

Malvaceae
Hibiscus costatus A.Rich.

Location:

Belize. Cayo. Pine Ridge on road to Augustine. Alt. 310 m. (1017 ft.)

Collector(s):

D. L. Lentz 2422 with B. Boom, R. Karty, J. Layne, C. Specht & A. Zima, 23 May 1996

Description:

1m shrub; Flower: white throat (exterior), pink at tips of petals, deep purple throat (interior), stamens adenate to style, 5 stigmas on 1 style tube; Fruit: locucidal dehiscent capsule; Seeds: gray, 2mm long; persistent hairy calyx and epicalyx.

Habitat:

Near clear freshwater stream. Pine Forest. Common. Red clay soil.

Identifiers:

GUID: 5f96d074-11b3-4d73-8a09-1b4c2e1a93c8

Map:

Coordinates: (17.0146, -88.9801)

Distribution:

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