Gaultheria hapalotricha A.C.Sm.
-
Filed As
Ericaceae
Gaultheria hapalotricha A.C.Sm. -
Collector(s)
J. L. Luteyn 9312 with et. al. John J. Piploy, 19 Jan 1984
-
Location
Venezuela. Trujillo. Boconó Mun. Paramo Guaramacal, 13.7-14.6 km beyond jct NE of Bocono.
-
Habitat
steep rock out crops. Paramo, with Ericaceae & Espeletia.
-
Description
Shrublet to 2 dm (mostly to 5-8cm tall) creeping in seepage area over rocks with mosses. Stems reddish. Leaves dark green above, paler beneath, nitid, coriaceous. Pedicels & calyx rose-red. Corolla dark rose wih whitish lobes. Mature calyx blue-black. Scattered at 2800 m elev.
-
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 2436641
Occurrence ID: 59ae9927-9c36-4a78-a8a3-08b0956bb316
-
Feedback
-
Kingdom
Plantae
-
Division
Magnoliophyta
-
Order
Ericales
-
Family
Ericaceae
-
All Determinations
-
Region
South America
-
Country
Venezuela
-
State/Province
Trujillo
-
County/Municipio
Boconó Mun.
-
Locality
Paramo Guaramacal, 13.7-14.6 km beyond jct NE of Bocono.
-
Elevation
Alt. 2750 - 2800 m. (9022 - 9186 ft.)
-
Coordinates
9.22, -70.22
-
Distribution
Please submit your comments about the specimen:
Gaultheria hapalotricha A.C.Sm.