Pernettya hirta (Willd.) Sleumer

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Colombia

• State/Province

  Cundinamarca

• Locality

  In open spots on ridges, above timberline. Páramo de Guasca, 8 km E of Guasca.

• Elevation

  Alt. 3500 - 3600 m. (11483 - 11811 ft.)

• Coordinates

  4.85, -73.8

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Perne-H^a W,r+a (
det. James L. Luteyn
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From the UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
02604821
PLANTS OF COLOMBIA, S. A.
Cordillera Oriental
Det.A.0.3mi£k
Pernettya purpurascens (H.B.K.) A.C.Sm.
Locality Páramo de Guasca, 8 km. e. of GUASCA,
Dept, de Cundinamarca
Lat. 4°51-53' N., Long. 73°48' W.
Habitat occasional in open spots on ridges
brushy slopes and ridges above timberline, with
occasional seeps of water
Date Mar. 19,1944 Alt. 3500«3ft)0 m.
(aneroid reading)
Coll. F. R. Fosberg No. 21701
Det.
Remarks Prostrate, ripe fruit black, under
side of leaves purple.
Colombian Cinchona Mission
02604821