Pedicel : slender, puberulent, verrucose or with spinescent protuberances, 2-6 cm long
Ovary : narrowly oblong, 5-6mm long x about 1.5mm wide
Tube color : dull pink
Tube shape : cylindric-funnelform, subglabrous to puberulent outside, pilose inside in lower part
Tube dimensions : (40 to) 45-54mm long x slightly bulbous and 3-4mm wide at the base, narrowed briefly-2-3mm wide above the nectary, then widened above until 5-8mm wide at the rim
Sepal color upper : dull pink
Sepal color lower :
Sepal shape : narrowly lanceolate
Sepal tips : acuminate, with a tip about 2 mm long in bud
Sepal dimensions : 13-17mm long x 4-8mm wide
Corolla opening color : pink
Corolla mature color :
Corolla shape : narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, acute to acuminate
Corolla silhouette :
Petal margins :
Corolla dimensions : 15-20mm long x 4-8mm wide
Nectary : unlobed, about 2mm high
Stamens :
Filaments : 12-13mm x 10-11mm long
Anthers : oblong, 2.5-3mm long x 1-1.5mm wide
Pistil :
Style : densely pilose for most its length
Stigma : subobconic, about 2mm long x 1.5-2mm wide
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower :
Flowers : few and axillary at the branch tips or subracemose
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Fruit : ellipsoid, 12-15mm long x 8mm wide
Seed :
Habit : low shrubs
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Year (of first description) : 1941
Botanist : Macbride J.F.
Authors : Macbride 1941
Original publication : Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(4): 556 1941
Habitat : known from the mountains near La Ventana and Almirante, east of Chachapoyas and in the Serrania de Bagua, Amazonas Department
Elevation : 2600-3300
Native country : Peru
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FOLIAGE
Leaves : opposite or ternate, membranous to subcoriaceous, petioles 3 to 9 mm long, stipules narrowly lanceolate or filiform, 2 to 5 mm long, subpersistent
Foliage color upper side : glabrous to strigillose
Foliage color lower side : glabrous to strigillose
Leaf dimensions : 2.5-9(-20)cm long x 1.2-4cm wide
Leaf shape : narrowly oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate
Leaf margin : conspicuously dentate or serrulate
Leaf tip : acute
Leaf base : acute
Pubescence :
Veins : secondary veins 9 to 13 (to 25) on either side of the midvein
Stems :
Branches : puberulent or canescent branchlets with spinescent projections, usually appearing papillose or verrucose when dry
