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Vernonanthura patens

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(Kunth) H. Robinson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Tropical forest

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• May-Aug (Peru)

Scandent shrub or tree with grey-brown velvety stems. Leaves to 160mm x 80mm, spasely pubescent to glabrate above & pubescent beneath. Terminal cymes of 20 florets, flowers to 5mm long with pubescent phyllaries, violet corolla 4mm long. Brownish achenes 2.2mm long with whitish pappus bristles to 4mm long.

Further References

• FOPE
• The Plant List 2