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Asteranthera ovata

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

(Cavanilles) Hanstein

Propagation

leaves hispid above, tomentose beneath

Cultivated

C

Common Names

• Asteranthera

Geographical Habitats

• S. Argentina
• C. & S. Chile

Natural Habitats

• Secondary growth
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Dec (Chile)

Fruiting Times

• Feb (Chile)

Evergreen climbing or creeping glabrescent epiphytic shrub to 3m with aerial roots. Leaves hispid above, tomentose beneath to 20mm long. Terminal solitary or few-flowered inflorescence, 60mm long red-pink or scarlet flowers with white hairs. Capsule green & purple.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Linnaea