Prov. Azuay-Loja: Nudo de Cordillera Occidental y Cordillera Oriental entra Oña y Rancho Ovejero
Coordinates
Minimum elevation (m)
2900
Maximum elevation (m)
2900
Start date
1959/08/01
End date
1959/08/02
Family
Melastomataceae
Identification
Axinaea merianiae (DC.)Triana
Determined by
Elvira Cotton
Identification qualifier
Field notes
Shrub to 1.5 m,; stems dark red. Leaves dark, shiny green above, lighter below with stellate hairs; petiole, midrib red; to 6x2.5 cm. Flowers showy, buds red-violet; calyx green, corolla pink to paler purple outside, whiter inside; pistil white, stigma rose; filaments purple, anthers brown when young, with long dark purple spur. dense schubs near abandoned field. Spil very red
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