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Rolandra fruticosa

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Kuntze

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Espirito Santo
• Maranhão
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Pernambuco - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Dominican Republic
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Leeward Islands
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• disturbed areas
• rain forest
• shrubland
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan-Apr (Nicaragua)

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Apr (Nicaragua)

Scandent or erect perennial herb or shrub with puberulent strigose stems. Rough leaves glabrate above tomentose beneath to 140mm x 50mm. tTrminal & axillary inflorescences with bracts, flower heads to 15mm diameter, white flowers to 5mm high. Glabrous achenes to 2mm long

Further References

• NYBG
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• Standley