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(Last Modified On 5/8/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/8/2013)
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Species
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Loeselia ciliata L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 628. 1753.-FIG. 2.
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Synonym
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Loeselia involucrata G. Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 248. 1838.
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Description
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Shrubs, becoming suffrutescent basally, to 60 cm high; stems glabrous. Leaves ovate, dentate, 3-5 cm long and 2-3 cm wide on the main stem, gradually re-
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Habit
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Shrubs
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Description
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duced and becoming bracteoid on the upper branches near the inflorescences, acute, obtuse, or rounded to subcordate, attenuate basally, membranaceous, remotely pubescent above and below, venation obscure above, prominent below; petioles slender, ca. 1 cm long including the attenuate portion, pubescent. InfloTescences paniculate, composed of usually solitary flowers axillary in bracts, and scattered along unbranched lateral branchlets which are 3-7 cm long. Flowers subsessile; sepals tubular, slightly irregular, lanceolate; corolla white to cream or yellowish, more or less salverform, 10 mm long, glabrous, the free lobes subspathulate, ca. 6 mm long; stamens 5, the white filaments ca. 10 mm long, glabrous, the anthers ca. 1 mm long, versatile; ovary ovoid, glabrous, the style 10 mm long, glabrous, the stigmas filiform, 1 mm long. Capsules not seen.
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Note
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Known to flower December through March.
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Distribution
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Found from Baja California, Mexico, to northwestern South 'America
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Elevation
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100-350 m
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Note
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The flowers are usually few on the plants from Panama, and the leaves fairly abundant. This usually will distinguish the species from L. glandulosa.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Chiva-Chiva Trail, Red Tank to Pueblo Nuevo, Piper 5744 (US); along old Las Cruces Trail, between Fort Clayton and Corozal, Standley 29064 (US); 4 mi. S of Los Pozos, Tyson 2655 (MO). COCLE: Vicinity of Ola, Pittier 5078 (US).
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