B. urticae

As B. columnaris Benth. Pl. Hartw. 131. 1839. Sassea columnaris Kl. Begon. 134. 1855. Casparya columnaris A. DC. In DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 1: 274. 1864. 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 Herbaceous, 2-4 dm. high. Branches fuscous-puberulous, becoming glabrous. Leaves asymmetric especially toward base, mostly straight, ovate or elliptic, acute or acuminate, base acute on one side, obtuse on other, 3-7 cm. long, shallowly lobed, serrate, ciliate, puberulent especially beneath on the nerves, petiole 2- 10 mm. long, stipules deciduous, ovate, exceeding the petiole. Peduncles erect, finally exceeding the leaves, 1- 4-flowered. Bracts deciduous, elliptic, setaceous-dentate at apex. Pedicels 6-16 mm. long. Flowers red. Staminate tepals 4, subequal, 4-8 mm. long, elliptic. Stamens on a low torus, anthers linear, the connective produced, subacute, filaments short. Pistillate tepals 5, elliptic. Styles 3, much-branched, wholly covered with stigmatic papillae, placentae bilamellate. Capsule 20-25 mm. long, obtuse or subcordate at base, the 3 triangular acute horns shorter than the cylindric apex. - F. M. Neg. 7313 (var. glabra. F. M. Neg. 20855); Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1900- v. 8 1952-1954: Page: 36-40 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/150964 Azuay: flowers and fruit crimson; the eastern cordillera, 1-8 km north of the village of Sevilla de Oro, 8,000-9,000 ft., E-4346. To 2 m. leaves deep green above, veins red below, flowers bright crimson; in thicket, same locality; E-4621. Loja-'oriente'' Border: perianth segments bright red; stigmas bright crimson or red; stamens pink; fruit red; crest of the Cordillera de Zamora, east of Loja, ca. 10,000 ft., E-91. With much the same appearance of No. 91, except perianth seg­ments white, fruit green; E-920 Flowers deep red; leaves dark green above, pale below with red veins; plants from thin rhizomes; fruit beaked; wings equal; Nudo de Guagrauma, ca. 12 km. south of Zaraguro, 9,500-10,500 ft, E-136.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Shrub-like
• Botanical Section: Casparya
• Origin: America, Costa Rica to Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador & Columbia
• Originator: L.f.
• Date of Origin: 1782