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Blumenbachia insignis

Botanic Family

Loasaceae

Author

Schrader

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
• Chile
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Rain forest
• Pampas

Flowering Times

• Summer All year

Fruiting Times

• All year

Erect or twining stems or trailing hairy plant to 500mm long. 5-7 lobed leaves 70mm x 50mm, upper lobe bipinnatifid. Axillary or terminal solitary 25mm white flowers marked orange to red, calyx tube to 2mm diameter with lobes to 4mm x 1mm, 5 white petals to 14mm x 3mm. Fruit a twisted hairy capsule to 25mm diameter.

Stinging hairs

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Fl. do Brasil