Hydrolea spinosa var. spinosa belongs to the Hydroleaceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Hydroleaceae
Genus
Hydrolea
Specific Epithet
spinosa
Infraspecific Epithet
spinosa
Authorship
L.
Scientific Name ID
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
3/19/2011
Location
Paraguay, Concepcion
-22.533611, -57.361667
Location Remarks
Estancia Garay Cuê, "Mirador" at top of a steep sandstone bluff with jumbled boulders; forest among rocks. 380 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
In standing water, 1 m tall, without spines, glandular-sticky, corolla blue.
3/12/2011
Location
Paraguay, Presidente Hayes
-24.571667, -58.036389
Location Remarks
96.3 km NW end of Río Paraguay bridge on the Ruta Transchaco; open Copernicia swamp. 80 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Herb, ascending, glandular-sticky, without spines, calyx green, corolla blue, filaments blue, anthers yellow.