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Caiophora canarinoides

Botanic Family

Loasaceae

Author

(Lenné & K. Koch) Urban & Gilg

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• NW. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Rocky hillside
• remnant forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec (Bolivia) Sep (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Mar

Herbaceous twining vine to 7m, stinging grey hairs on flowers & leaves & stems. Sagittate pinnatifid leaves to 140mm x 90mm, setose both surfaces. 5-parted orange flowers to 10mm, twining peduncle, pinnatifid sepals to 10mm long with dentate lobes to 15mm long, light scarlet setose corolla, petals to 50mm x 18mm. Spiral shaped hirsute capsule to 30mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Gleason & Moldenke
• SciELO