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Berylsimpsonia vanillosma

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(C. Wright) B.L. Turner

Common Names

• Sweet Yellowcrown

Geographical Habitats

• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Puerto Rico

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• pasture
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Nov-Jul (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Feb-Sep (Puerto Rico)

Woody clambering high-climbing scandent shrub to 4m with recurved spines, striate glabrescent stems. Denticulate leaves to 90mm x 40mm, scabrous above, pubescent beneath. Terminal or axillary panicles or cymes of flowers with bracts, yellow corolla to 10mm long. 5-7 ribbed achenes to 6mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Jstor
• VOPR
• Gleason & Moldenke
• SAFIO
• USDA