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Petrea insignis

Botanic Family

Verbenaceae

Author

Schauer

Common Names

• Flor de São Miguel
• Viuvinha
• Touca de Viuva

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas
• Pará
• Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Suriname
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• coastal
• floodplain
• inundated areas

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov Jul (Brazil)

Hairy scabrous twiner with glabrescent lenticellate branches. Glabrescent leaves to 160mm x 80mm. Axillary many-flowered racemes to 250mm long, flowers 10mm, calyx 6mm x 4mm. Fruiting lilac calyx 7mm x 7mm, calyx lobes to 13mm x 12mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew