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Nasa triphylla
Nasa triphylla
- Botanic Family
- Loasaceae
- Author
- (Jussieu) Weigend
Common Names
- Pringamoza
- Pringamosca (Costa Rica)
Geographical Habitats
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Peru
- Venezuela
Natural Habitats
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Erect bushy to loosely twining annual or procumbent herb covered in stinging hairs with trifoliate to pinnatifid leaves. Extra-axillary 75mm racemes of red, yellow & white flowers, covered in stinging hairs or 18mm white flowers marked red, white petals to 22mm long. Green fruit capsule to 20mm long.
Further References
- E & M 1970
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Huxley 1992
- Neotrop
- Bodkin
- RHS A-Z
- NYBG
- The Plant List 2
- Botanicus
- FOPE
- Standley