Monochaetum alpestre Naudin

Monochaetum alpestre Naud
Frank Almeda, Jr.
Duke University Herbarium.
1973
PLANTS OF MEXICO
Monochaetum alpestre Naud
det. Almeda 1973
State of Oaxaca: Hwy. #175 ca. 28 mi. north
of Ixtlan de Juarez at an elev. of 9200 ft.
Exposed, disturbed rocky slopes descending
to stream bed with Rubus, Gaultheria, and
Fuchsia. Only locally common.
Low, suffrutescent herb to 1.5 ft. tall.
Stems strongly angled. Foliage deep green
above and pale green below. Corolla bright
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magenta and finely ciliate. Large anthers
magenta with pale yellow appendages. Small
anthers pale yellow but suffused with tinge
of magenta. Small anthers appendages pale
yellow also. Capsules urceolate, deep red,
the sepals equalling or exceeding length of
the capsules-erect in fruit.
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