B. pleiopetala

Flora of Peru. by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, Ill. Field Museum of Natural History, [1941] v.13: pt.4: no.1 (1941): Page 181- 202 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19800 Stemless herb. Caudex globose or short-cylindric, 20-45 mm. long, covered with roots, gemmae and stipules. Leaves obliquely cordate-ovate, palminerved, shallowly and bluntly lobed, crenate serrate, 3-8 cm. long, sparsely puberulent above, petioles 3-6 cm. long, tomentose, stipules oblong, obtuse, entire, eciliate, 6 mm. long. Peduncles slender, 11- 15 cm. long, tomentose, 1- 2-flowered. Bracts 2, persistent, elliptic, obtuse, entire, 5- 8 mm. long, drying red-brown. Pedicels 10-48 mm. long, tomentose. Flowers rose. Staminate tepals 9-11, oblong or narrowly obovate, obtuse, 8-14 mm. long, the outer ones pubescent at base. Stamens numerous, free, anthers oblong, the connective produced. Pistillate tepals 8, elliptic. Styles 3, much-branched, with the stigmatic tissue in separate spirals at the end of each division, placentae bilamellate. Capsule 10 mm. long, one wing deltoid, 7- 11 mm. wide, the others narrowly costiform, inconspicuous.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Tuberous
• Botanical Section: Eupetalum
• Origin: America, Peru, Bolivia
• Originator: A. de Candolle, Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4.
• Date of Origin: 1859