Tube shape : narrowly funnelform, glabrous outside, densely pubescent inside for most of length
Tube dimensions : 22-35 (to 40)mm long x about 2mm wide at the base, slightly constricted above the nectary, then gradually widened above until 6-7mm wide at the rim
Sepal color upper : red to orange red
Sepal color lower :
Sepal shape : oblong-lanceolate
Sepal tips : shortly acute-tipped, subtetragonous in bud, spreading at anthesis
Sepal dimensions : 8 to 11 mm long, 4 to 5 mm wide
Corolla opening color : dark red
Corolla mature color :
Corolla shape : broadly elliptic-obovate, rounded at the apex
Corolla silhouette :
Petal margins :
Corolla dimensions : 7-11mm long x 5-6mm wide
Nectary : unlobed, about 1.5mm high
Stamens :
Filaments : red, 5-6mm x 3-4mm long
Anthers : oblong, about 2mm long x about 1mm wide
Pistil :
Style : densely pilose or occasionally glabrous
Stigma : capitate, subtetragonous, about 2mm long x about 3mm wide, 4lobed apically, shortly exserted beyond the anthers
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower :
Flowers : 3-ca. 15in terminal, bracteate, drooping racemes, rachis 2 to 4 cm long or occasionally extending 6 to 12 cm long in fruit, bracts sessile, lanceolate, 10 to 30 mm long, subtending the alternately disposed flowers
Flower size :
Flower display :
Flower bud :
Fruit : oblong, 15mm long x 7-9mm wide
Seed : 2mm long x 1mm wide
Habit : simple to few-branched shrubs
Hardiness:
Height : 1-3m
Light/Climate :
Optimal light conditions :
Remarks : flowers are 5cm long
Named : because of the total lack of pubescence on the leaves
Lookalikes :
Year (of first description) : 1925
Botanist : Johnston I.M.
Authors : Johnston 1925
Original publication : Contr. Gray Herb. 75: 32 1925
Habitat : scarce shrub of the lower cloud forest limit from Tungurahua, Ecuador, to Amazonas, Peru
Elevation : 1600-1900
Native country : Ecuador, Peru
Synonyms :
Gametic chromosome number n =
FOLIAGE
Leaves : opposite or subopposite near the branch tips, firmly membranous to subcoriaceous, petioles short, stout, 3 to 8 mm
Foliage color upper side : subnitid and glabrous
Foliage color lower side : pale to usually flushed red-violet and glabrous to finely puberulent along the nerves
Leaf dimensions : 10-24cm long x 4-8cm wide
Leaf shape : oblanceolate
Leaf margin : entire
Leaf tip : acute to acuminate
Leaf base : obtuse to attenuate
Pubescence :
Veins : secondary veins 8 to 20 (to 26) on either side of the midvein
Stems :
Branches : branchlets subterete, 3 to 5 mm thick, glabrous or minutely and sparsely puberulent on youngest growth, green to redpurple
