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(Last Modified On 10/28/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/28/2012)
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Species
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ORTHROSANTHUS CHIMBORACENSIS (HBK.) Sweet
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Gard. Chron. 2:67. 1876.
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Synonym
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Moraea chimboracensis HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1:322. 1816. Moraea acorifolia HBK. loc. cit. 1816. Moraea gladioloides HBK. loc. cit. 1816. Sisyrinchium Moritzianum Klotzsch ex Klatt in Linnaea 31:378. 1862.
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Description
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Rhizomatous herbs of moderate size, 3-10 dm. tall; leaves narrowly ensiform, chiefly basal, but also reduced and rather sparse upward on the flowering stem, 5-45 cm. long, 0.5-1.2 cm. broad; flowering stem paniculately branched and rather sparsely leafy, bearing virtually sessile clusters of few to several flowers in the axils of reduced leaves; spathes 1.0-1.5 cm. long, subequal; perianth bright blue, about 1.5-2.0 cm. long; capsules oblong-clavate, 1.0-1.5 cm. long, nearly enclosed by the spathes.
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Distribution
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Mexico through the Andes to Peru and Bolivia, in alpine meadows.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Potrero Muleto, Volcain de Chiriqui, Davidson 1020, Woodson d Schery 423; Cerro Copete, Woodson d Schery 356.
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