Heliotropium rufipilum, Croat93278--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Tinalandia Hotel. 12 Aug 04. 060.jpg
Heliotropium rufipilum, Croat93278--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Tinalandia Hotel. 12 Aug 04. 057.jpg
Heliotropium rufipilum, Croat93278--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Tinalandia Hotel. 12 Aug 04. 064.jpg
Heliotropium rufipilum, Croat93278--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Tinalandia Hotel. 12 Aug 04. 065.jpg
Heliotropium rufipilum, Croat93278--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Tinalandia Hotel. 12 Aug 04. 059.jpg
Heliotropium rufipilum, Croat93278--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Tinalandia Hotel. 12 Aug 04. 063.jpg
Heliotropium rufipilum, Croat93278--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Tinalandia Hotel. 12 Aug 04. 058.jpg
Heliotropium rufipilum, Croat93278--Ecuador. Prov. Pichincha. Tinalandia Hotel. 12 Aug 04. 061.jpg
Native to Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Pichincha (Quito)
0.021944, -78.746944
Location Remarks
Along road between Tandayapa and Mindo, vicinity of Bellavisata Tourist Lodge, 6.5 km N of Tandayapa on old road from Nono to Mindo. 2270 m elev.
Collectors
Tom B. Croat, Geneviève Ferry, Christopher Davidson
Notes
Shrub 1 m tall; flowers white.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Heliotropiaceae
Genus
Heliotropium
Specific Epithet
rufipilum
Authorship
(Benth.) I.M.Johnst.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#298,799 of 335,497
Top 90%
Extinction probability
5%
