Psammisia ulbrichiana Hoerold

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Pichincha

  • Locality

    Quito-Santo Domingo new road, 34.6-41.5 km ENE of Alluriquin.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1585 - 1920 m. (5200 - 6299 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -0.32, -78.92

  • Distribution

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00169953
The New York Botanical Garden
Ericaceae
Psammisia ? ulbrichiana Hoerold
Ecuador. Pichincha: Quito-Santo Domingo new road,
34.6-41.5 km ENE of Alluriquin. ca. 0°19’S, 78°55’W-
1585—1920 m. Disturbed, steep roadside slopes through
montane cloud forest.
Terrestrial shrub, with branches scrambling to 3 m.
Corolla orange at basal (swollen) part, and white in the
narrow distal part.
James L. Luteyn, Roy Fuller
& Mauricio Guerrón 15115	9 May 1997
NYdb
00169953