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Purple Star Flower

Lycianthes sanctaeclarae

Photo by PatriciaPi
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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

Species ID Suggestions

Purple Star Flower

Lycianthes sanctaeclarae

Star Flower

Orbea semota

Comments (7)

Oh my god! you've done it!!! thank you so much!!! :)
OK, here we go, I think I promised you, I will find out, took a little bit long, though... Solanaceae, Lycianthes sanctaeclarae. http://efg.cs.umb.edu/monteverde/Plan/Sola/Lyc-san.html http://sura.ots.ac.cr/local/florula4/find_sp3.php?key_species_code=LS001770&key_kingdom=&key_phylum=&key_class=&key_order=&key_family=&key_genus=&specie_name=sanctaeclarae http://eol.org/pages/5698197/media
Thanks for promoting it again...
I would love to have an ID of this one!! What a wonderful flower!
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PublishedDecember 28, 2011

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