Sepal dimensions : 15-24mm long x connate at the base for 4-7mm, free lobes 3.5-6mm wide
Corolla opening color : violet
Corolla mature color :
Corolla shape : obovate
Corolla silhouette :
Petal margins :
Corolla dimensions : 7-10mm long x 6-8 (to 9)mm wide
Nectary : smooth, 2-3mm high
Stamens :
Filaments : red-purple, 18-38mm x 13-30mm long
Anthers : purplish, 22.5mm long x about 1.5mm wide,
Pistil :
Style : puberulent, red,
Stigma : clavate, 1.5-2mm long
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower : single
Flowers : solitary in upper leaf axils
Flower size :
Flower display :
Flower bud :
Fruit : ellipsoid, 14-17mm long x 12mm wide, purple
Seed : oblong-triangular, 1.4-1.9mm long x 0.8-1.2mm wide
Habit : erect shrubs, or scandent to seven meters high, often with extensive underground stems
Hardiness:
Height : 0,5-1,5 m
Light/Climate :
Optimal light conditions :
Remarks : flowering is throughout the year, mainly from November to March, natural hybridization with F. regia ssp. regia is known to occur
Named :
Lookalikes :
Year (of first description) : 1789
Botanist : Dryander
Authors : Dryander 1789. Berry 1989
Original publication : Hort. Kew. 2: 8 1789
Habitat : occurring in rocky, open campos near the summits of several of the highest mountains in Minas GeraisSerra da Piedade, Serra da Caraça, Serra do Itacolomi, and Pico do Itambé
Leaves : mostly ternate, sometimes opposite or in fours, membranous or rarely subcoriaceous, petioles short and stout, about 1 mm thick, 1 to 3 mm long, occasionally longer on basal leaves, usually densely pilose or hirsute, stipules narrowly lanceolate, 0.8 to 1.4 mm long, deciduous
Foliage color upper side : generally dull, light green, sometimes strongly purpleflushed, subglabrous to puberulent
Foliage color lower side : paler below, sometimes strongly purpleflushed, subglabrous to puberulent, but generally densely pilose along the basal third of the midvein
Leaf dimensions : 15-55mm long x 7-25mm wide
Leaf shape : narrowly ovate to ovate
Leaf margin : serrulate or occasionally subentire
Leaf tip : acute to subacuminate
Leaf base : subcordate or sometimes rounded
Pubescence :
Veins : secondary veins 4 to 6 per side
Stems :
Branches : young growth is puberulent to densely pilose, older stems, 5 to 20 mm thick, with exfoliating bark
