Tube shape : narrowly funnelform, sparsely strigose outside, densely pubescent inside in the lower narrowed portion
Tube dimensions : (29 to) 32-45mm long x 2.5-3.5mm wide at the base, narrowed-2-2.5mm wide in the lower quarter, then gradually widened until 5-8mm wide at the rim
Sepal color upper : pink, green tips
Sepal color lower :
Sepal shape : narrowly triangular or lanceolate
Sepal tips :
Sepal dimensions : 12-15mm long x 4-5mm wide at the base
Corolla opening color : orange
Corolla mature color :
Corolla shape : elliptic to obovate, broadly acute at the apex, sometimes with a small mucro
Corolla silhouette :
Petal margins :
Corolla dimensions : 8-11mm long x 4-6mm wide
Nectary : a doughnut-shaped ring 1-2mm high and 2-3mm wide at the base of the tube surrounding the style
Stamens :
Filaments : 10-12mm x 7-9mm long
Anthers : oblong, 2-3mm long x 1-1.5mm wide
Pistil :
Style : pink, 40-64 mm long, densely pubescent in lower third
Stigma : pink, capitate, about 2mm high x about 2.5mm wide
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower : single
Flowers : axillary in the upper leaf axils, two to several per node
Flower size :
Flower display :
Flower bud :
Fruit : oblong-ellipsoid before maturity and subrotund when ripe, 9-15mm long x 5-9mm wide
Seed : approximately 200 per berry, obtriangular in outline, 1.8-2.2mm long x 1.2-0.6mm wide
Habit : erect to recumbent shrub, well-branched with mostly ascending branches, punescent young growth, trichomes 0.1 to 4.5 mm long and appressed to erect
Hardiness:
Height : 1.5-4 m
Light/Climate :
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Remarks :
Named :
Lookalikes :
Year (of first description) : 1995
Botanist : Berry P.E.
Authors : Berry 1995
Original publication : Novon 5: 318 1995
Habitat : In thickets, along streams and along roadsides in pasture zones on moist mountain slopes in Azuay and Loja Provinces, Ecuador
Elevation : 2300-3500
Native country : Ecuador
Synonyms :
Gametic chromosome number n = 11
FOLIAGE
Leaves : mostly in whorls of three or four, sometimes opposite or subopposite, blade membranous, petiole strigose, (4 to) 6 to 25 mm long, stipules narrowly lanceolate when young, 1 to 1.5 mm long, about 0.2 mm wide, the tip quickly abscising and the thicker lower third persisting or abscising later
Foliage color upper side : smooth, shiny, and light to dark green, subglabrous to sparsely strigose when young
Foliage color lower side : paler green, subglabrous to sparsely strigose when young, trichomes persisting mainly along the midvein and secondary nerves when fully expanded
Leaf dimensions : 3-9cm long x 1-3cm wide
Leaf shape : narrowly elliptic
Leaf margin : nearly entire,usually with seven to ten glandular teeth projecting slightly from the edge especially in the upper half to two-thirds of the blade
Leaf tip : acute to acuminate
Leaf base : acute
Pubescence :
Veins : secondary nerves (5 to) 8 to 10 on either side of the midvein
Stems :
Branches : branchlets are terete to slightly angled. The older branches have purplish, exfoliating bark
