Hibiscus acetosella Welw. ex Hiern

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Malvaceae Hibiscus acetosella Hiem
det. M. Nee, 2007
Depto. Cochabamba, Prov. Carrasco, Entre Rios, along the
highway from Buena Vista to Villa Tunari (“carretera nueva
Santa Cruz-Cochabamba”), from the market and a few
blocks east.
17°H’55”S, 64°32’10”W. alt. 795 ft.
Former tropical lowland evergreen forest, flat, now all
cleared for the town.
Herbs to 2 m. tall, the whole plant purple, probably
spreading from cultivation. Petals dull pink-purple, darker
in the center.
Coll.: M. Nee, F. Michelangeli, O. Colque I., R. Flores S.,
D. McClelland & S. Stem
No. 55223	30 April 2007
02473816