Prov.Azuay-"Oriente" Border: Paramo del Castillo and surrounding forested areas
(crest of the eastern cordillera on the trail between Sevilla de Oro and Mendez)
Alt. 3350 m
- 3960 m
Habitat
in paramo grass or scrambling among low shrubs
Habitus
Plants usually much-branched, in paramo grass or scrambling among low shrubs;
stems tough, wiry, to 1m Long.
Lvs deep green, subnitid above; pale below.
Fls yellowish-green