Tube dimensions : 34mm long x slightly nodose and 2.5-3.5mm wide at the base, narrowed-about 2mm above the nectary, then widened above until 5-7mm wide ..at the rim
Sepal color upper : red
Sepal color lower :
Sepal shape : narrowly lanceolate
Sepal tips : acuminate, with a narrow tip 1.5 to 2 mm long in bud
Sepal dimensions : 10-15mm long x about 3mm wide
Corolla opening color : red, a little darker than the sepals
Corolla mature color :
Corolla shape : lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, subacuminate
Corolla silhouette :
Petal margins :
Corolla dimensions : 8-14mm long x 2.5-4mm wide
Nectary : unlobed, about 1mm high
Stamens :
Filaments : red, 8-11mm x 6-7mm long
Anthers : oblong, 2-2.5mm long x about 1.5mm wide
Pistil :
Style : red, sparsely pilose in lower ~
Stigma : capitate, slightly four-parted at the apex, 2-3mm long x about 2mm wide, dull white, exserted 3-4mm beyond the anthers
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower :
Flowers : numerous in terminal, nodding, verticillately branched panicles, rachis 8 to 15 cm long, bracts narrowly lance-ovate, recurved, 10 to 30 mm long, 5 to 10 mm wide
Flower size :
Flower display :
Flower bud :
Fruit : young berries oblong, 8-10mm long x 5-7mm wide
Seed :
Habit : erect shrubs
Hardiness:
Height : 1-2 m
Light/Climate :
Optimal light conditions :
Remarks :
Named :
Lookalikes :
Year (of first description) : 1943
Botanist : Killip
Authors : Killip 1943
Original publication : Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. IV, 25: 48 1943
Habitat : rare in cloud forest on the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental from Nariño, Colombia south to Pichincha, Ecuador
Elevation : 2200-3300
Native country : Colombia, Ecuador
Synonyms : F. asperifolia, Krause 1905
Gametic chromosome number n = 11
FOLIAGE
Leaves : quaternate, firmly membranous, petioles puberulent, purplish, 3 to 10 mm long, stipules dark, thick at the base, triangular, 1.5 to 2 mm long, about 1 mm wide, often connate and recurved when old, persistent
Foliage color upper side : nitid dark green and subglabrous
Foliage color lower side : light green and sparsely puberulent, especially along the veins
Leaf dimensions : 7-12cm long x 2.5-4cm wide
Leaf shape : narrowly elliptic-lanceolate
Leaf margin : subentire to serrate
Leaf tip : acuminate
Leaf base : acute to obtuse
Pubescence :
Veins : secondary veins 13 to 16 on either side of the midvein
Stems :
Branches : young growth minutely puberulent-canescent, branchlets puberulent, terete, purplish
