Lycianthes ciliolata var. pratorum Bitter

A Revision of Lycianthes series Meizonodontae
(UC) UC Berkeley/ (XAL) Institute de Ecologia, Xalapa
Lycianthes aff. ciliolata (Martens et Galiotti) Bitter
Mexico: State of San Luis Potosi; Mpio. Zaragoza?; ca. 1.6 rd mi E of little town of
San Francisco, along hwy 70 (Rio Verde - San Luis Potosi hwy), W of Santa Catarina.
Large turnout at site of small shrine; 6700 - 6750 ft.
Highly disturbed, garbage-filled edges of drainage behind (N of) shrine, and slopes on
S side of road, with Quercus, Carya, Rhus, Juniperus, and Ranunculus. Limestone
area. Herbaceous perennial from storage root; rare, the plants widely scattered; flowers
lilac with violet rays, closed at time of collection, but open next morning in collection
bag; flowers badly insect eaten.
Ellen Dean 223	3 July 1991
with Thomas Starbuck
Fieldwork supported by grants and fellowships from:
the National Science Foundation, Explorer’s Club, Sigma Xi, Hardman Foundation, Tinker
Foundation, and UC Berkeley
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