Yaltomata bicolor
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Jaltomata bicolor is a plant type from the genus jaltomata in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Jaltomata bicolor is a woody shrub that grows up to 1 m tall. The young shoots are sparsely to densely covered with tree-like branched trichomes . The hairless leaves stand individually, in pairs or whirled . Usually they are egg-shaped, but they vary in size, shape and border.
The inflorescences consist of two to four (rarely five) flowers. The two-tone crown is straight tubular, the lower two thirds are purple, rarely pink or yellow-green, the upper third pale yellow or cream-colored. The crown is 2 to 3 cm long, the corolla lobes are narrowly triangular, bulging and 3 to 5 mm long. The outer hairiness of the crown is variable, dense to sparse and consists of up to 1.1 mm long single-row or tree-shaped trichomes. The anthers are blue or black, the stamens and the stigma usually protrude beyond the crown.
The fruit is a white or rarely blue berry .
Occurrence
The species occurs in central Peru at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 m. It grows there in open locations covered with bushes, on grassy, stony slopes, damp gorges and crevices in stone walls.
swell
- Thomas Mione, Gregory J. Anderson and Michael Nee: Jaltomata I: circumscription, description, and new combinations for five South American species (Solaneae, Solanaceae) . In: Brittonia , Volume 45, Number 2, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, 1993. Pages 138-145.
Web links
- Jaltomata bicolor on the website of Thomas Mione