Jaltomata_aspera

<i>Jaltomata aspera</i>

Jaltomata aspera

Species of plant

Jaltomata aspera is a plant species native to Peru. It grows on rocky hillsides at elevations less than 1800 m.[2]

Quick Facts Jaltomata aspera, Scientific classification ...

Jaltomata aspera is a shrub up to 2 m tall. It has solitary, hanging flowers, greenish-yellow in color with blood-red nectar. Fruits are orange to white.[3][4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Tropicos
  2. [2]
    Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
  3. [3]
    Mione, T., & F. G. Coe. 1992. Two new combinations in Peruvian Jaltomata (Solanaceae). Novon 2: 383-384.
  4. [4]
    McBride, J.F. 1964. Solanaceae. Field Museum of National History, Botanical Series 13, part V-B, no 1.
  5. [5]
    Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae), Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University
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