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Burmeistera obtusifolia

Botanic Family

Campanulaceae

Author

E. Wimmer

Conservation Status

Endangered

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• N. Ecuador
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest

Flowering Times

• Jan-Oct (Costa Rica) Feb
• May (Panama) Jul
• Aug (Ecuador)

Fruiting Times

• Mar (Costa Rica)

Hemi-epiphytic liana or scandent herb with purple stems, green beneath. Leaves to 55mm x 28mm, glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Solitary axillary green-violet flowers, glabrous calyx lobes to 11mm x 3.5mm. Bilabiate glabrous corolla, pale green blotched with purple 35mm long with tube 15mm x 6mm, falcate lobes 15mm x 3.5mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Novon