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Lepidaploa arborescens

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Cassini ex H. Robinson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuelan Antilles
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• forest
• thickets
• tropical vegetation. secondary scrub

Flowering Times

• Jul-Dec (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Dec (Peru)

Woody sprawling climber or shrub, pubescent ribbed branches. Leaves pubescent or strigose above tomentose beneath to 200mm x 70mm. Terminal & axillary cymes, panicles or coymbs of 18-24 florets, to 200mm long with bracteal leaves, flowers to 8mm long, lavender, white or pink corolla to 7mm long, tomentose phyllaries. Pubescent ribbed achenes to 3mm long with white bristles 5mm long

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• CPC
• NAF
• FOPE