Collection Details
Species: Pearcea hispidissima (Wiehler) L. P. Kvist & L. E. Skog
Collection Date: 24 June 2003
Determined By: J. L. Clark
Determination Date: 30 November 2002
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Pastaza
Subregion: Puyo
Locality Description: Parroquia: Veracruz. La Esperanza (Siguin); Finca Salina (de Hilda Perez). Km 14 on the Puyo-Macas road.
DD Latitude: -1.5444
DD Longitude: -77.8981
Elevation: 1000-800 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Premontane wet forest
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Terrestrial herb, 30-80 cm tall; occasionally epiphytic. Stems unbranched and erect. Flowers erect. Pedicels and calyx lobes light green. Corolla tubular; appearing laterally compressed; mostly red; lobes red with dark red spots. Perianth covered with white hispid trichomes. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae