Collection Details
Species: Pearcea pileifolia J. L. Clark & L. E. Skog
Collection Date: 21 December 2000
Determined By: L. E. Skog
Determination Date: 30 November 2009
Institution: US
Locality
Country: Ecuador
Region: Napo
Subregion: Tena
Locality Description: Parroquia: Talag. Comunidad Cando. North of Río Jatunyacu.
DD Latitude: -1.0792
DD Longitude: -77.9414
Min. Elevation: 540 m
Habitat
Habitat Description: Tropical wet forest.
Botanical Data
Plant Notes: Suffrutescent terrestrial herb. Stems errect. Leaves distichous; abaxial leaf surface reddish-green to green. Immature flowers appressed to abaxial leaf surface. Mature flowers and fruits on an erect pedicel. Calyx green. Corolla red and tubular. Not locally common, but abundant along small stream. Photographs of this collection are in the Gesneriaceae photo file (US).
Other Data
Project: Neotropical Gesneriaceae