Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) DC.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Colombia

• Locality

  Dept. del Cauca or Huila (boundary in dispute). Hot springs and sulphur mine of San Juan, small tributary in headwaters of Río Bedón (Río San Rafael), drainage of Río de La Plata, 6 km NE of Volcán Puracé.

• Elevation

  Alt. 3230 m. (10597 ft.)

• Coordinates

  2.37, -76.35

• Distribution

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Pernettya prostrata (Cav.) Sleuraer
var. purpurea (Don) Sleumer
ROBERT L. WILBUR I98i.
Duke University Herbarium
From the UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
PLANTS OF COLOMBIA, S. A.
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Pernettya prostrata var. purpurea (Don)
Sleumer
Locality hot springs and sulfur mine of San Juan,
small tributary in headwaters of Río Bedón (Río
San Rafael), drainage of Río de La Plata, 6 km. n.e.
of VOLCÁN PURACÉ, Dept, del Oauca or Huila
(boundary in dispute)
Lat. 2° 22' N., Long. 76° 21' W.
common on peat
Habitat area of 1-2 hectares in small valley filled with
hot, warm, and cold springs charged with sulfur or iron,
reeking with H2S, with a thick layer of peat overlying a
thick deposit of sulfur, open, surrounded by wet forest
Date Nov. 26, 1944 Alt. 3230 m.
(Aneroid reading)
Coll. P. R. Posberg No. 22365
Bemarks f lowers Pinki A®/'fruits dull white,
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