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Purple Star Flower
Lycianthes sanctaeclarae
9.93333, -83.6667
Field Notes
Description:
Hemi-epiphytic shrub with branches to 2 m long; twigs and leaves densely coated with stalked stellate and branched hairs; leaves paired, petioles to 1 cm, blades to 11 x 26 cm, elliptic, asymmetric, acuminate, base acute and unequal, veins expressed above and below, slightly bullate, minor leaf broadly elliptic, 30-50% as long as major leaf; flowers sessile, arising between leaf pairs, pedicel and calyx stellate pubescent, corolla purple-blue, about 1 cm long; fruit a yellow berry.
Habitat:
Atlantic slope from lowlands to 900 m.
Grows on tree trunks in open forest, forest edge, and pastures in wet forest habitats.
Notes:
Uncommon
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