Loja: flowers white, petals frilled, corolla 3 cm. diameter; when immature the large wing of fruit pink, the smaller wings pale green; petioles and pedicels bright salmon color; leaf-blades concolor, dull green (one plant found with variegated leaves); plant rhizomatous, the rhizomes and often the plant base enlarged and tuberous; in moist shaded places, Nudo de Cajanuma, 7 km. south of Loja, 8,000- 8, 4 00 ft., E-121.
Country
Brazil
Region
America
Section
Pritzelia?***not in 2018 revision
Chr 2n
28
Plant Type
Thick Stem
Synonyms and Comments
*name not validly published; B. vitifolia Schott. 1827.
Reference
hort. auct. non Kunth in Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth: William Watson in George Nicholson Dictionary of Gardening, 1:170. 1984.— Jan Doorenbos, Begonian 46:238. 1979.; JGSL9/08
