Magnoliophyta

The Republic of Georgia. West Georgia. Imereti district; on
the road from Tskaltubo to Tsageri. Gelaveri
Pass.Tskhenistskali gorge, left bank of the r.Tskhenistskali,
ca. 42°25'538 N, 42°54'361 E, ca. 473 m. (coordinates from
hand-held GPS, accurate to within a radius of about 50 m).
Alnus barbata, Hedera colchica, Sambucus ebulus, Buxus
colchica.
Deciduous, twining shrub: up to 12-15m. Leaves elliptic to
ovate-lanceolate. Corolla lobes purplish-violet, oblong retuse,
pubescent above with a white, elliptic; corona segments
violet, filiform. Follicles cylindrical, arcuate, slightly connate
at apex.
Manana Khutsishvili 135
M.Chiboshvili
15 September 2006
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
in Collaboration with
N. Ketskhoveli Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences
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BOTANICAL
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PLANTS OF THE CAUCASUS (GEORGIA)
APOCYNACEAE
det. M. Khutsishvili
Periploca graeca L.
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