Field notebooks : Chile, Bolivia, and Peru, 1953-1954
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(#212 sts) ✓✓ Field No. 101-H-T Latin name Solanum etuberosum ? Local name P.I. No. Locality data About 10 kms north of Cherguenco, Cautin prov., Chile. Elev. ca. 2400' Plant description Large robust potato plant with blue flowers growing out from under a fallen log. Rhizome like tubers extend (w) 2 foot under the log. Special notes For D.S. Correll -PEI Wild? only one plant found - All Herbarium Cult? material &th rhizomes are from this plant Collector E.E. Smith-Dewitt Spence Date Dec. 16, 1953 PLANT EXPLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 8-3495