Jaltomata aspera
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Jaltomata |
| Species: | J. aspera
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| Binomial name | |
| Jaltomata aspera (Ruiz & Pav.) T. Mione & F. G. Coe
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Jaltomata aspera is a plant species native to Peru. It grows on rocky hillsides at elevations less than 1800 m.[2]
Jaltomata aspera is a shrub up to 2 m tall. It has solitary, hanging flowers, greenish-yellow in color with blood-red nectar. Fruits are orange to white.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Tropicos
- ^ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
- ^ Mione, T., & F. G. Coe. 1992. Two new combinations in Peruvian Jaltomata (Solanaceae). Novon 2: 383-384.
- ^ McBride, J.F. 1964. Solanaceae. Field Museum of National History, Botanical Series 13, part V-B, no 1.
- ^ Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae), Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University