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Bertolonia
Bertolonia is a genus consisting of 14 species of pretty, dwarf, creeping, tender perennials, native to tropical South America. These herbaceous plants are grown for their colorful, velvety, ornamental foliages, vary from shimmery white with purple, pink with purple, or bronze-green with carmine and lighter midribs, purple beneath. Leaves are coarsely hairy, oval 7 cm (3 in) long on short stalks. The plants bear clusters of small, bell-shaped flowers repeatedly, just above the leaves, color ranges from pink,...
32 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bertolonia mosenii
speciesBertolonia mosenii
Bertolonia nymphaeifolia
speciesBertolonia nymphaeifolia
Bertolonia acuminata
speciesBertolonia acuminata
Bertolonia carmoi
speciesBertolonia carmoi
Bertolonia marmorata
speciesBertolonia marmorata
Bertolonia organensis
speciesBertolonia organensis
Bertolonia maculata
speciesBertolonia maculata
Bertolonia ruschiana
speciesBertolonia ruschiana
Bertolonia bullata
speciesBertolonia bullata
Bertolonia valenteana
speciesBertolonia valenteana
Bertolonia leuzeana
speciesBertolonia leuzeana
Bertolonia venezuelensis
speciesBertolonia venezuelensis
Bertolonia sanguinea
speciesBertolonia sanguinea
Bertolonia linearifolia
speciesBertolonia linearifolia
Bertolonia macrocalyx
speciesBertolonia macrocalyx
Bertolonia duasbocaensis
speciesBertolonia duasbocaensis
Bertolonia cuspidata
speciesBertolonia cuspidata
Bertolonia angustipetala
speciesBertolonia angustipetala
Bertolonia vitoriana
speciesBertolonia vitoriana
Bertolonia michelangeliana
speciesBertolonia michelangeliana
Bertolonia lucernula
speciesBertolonia lucernula
Bertolonia kollmannii
speciesBertolonia kollmannii
Bertolonia alternifolia
speciesBertolonia alternifolia
Bertolonia wurdackiana
speciesBertolonia wurdackiana
Bertolonia hirsutissima
speciesBertolonia hirsutissima
Bertolonia reginatoi
speciesBertolonia reginatoi
Bertolonia formosa
speciesBertolonia formosa
Bertolonia angustifolia
speciesBertolonia angustifolia
Bertolonia hoehneana
speciesBertolonia hoehneana
Bertolonia foveolata
speciesBertolonia foveolata
Bertolonia paranensis
speciesBertolonia paranensis
Bertolonia grazielae
speciesBertolonia grazielae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 430723.