Wild Flowering Plants
| Gesneriaceae family Crantzia cristata (Linnaeus) Scopoli ex Fritsch, Intr. Hist. Nat. 173. 1777 Bas.: Besleria cristata Linnaeus (1753). Syn.: Alloplectus cristatus (Linnaeus) Martorell (1832). Indigenous quite common vine of lower montane, montane and cloud montane rainforest. St. Barthélemy, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, South America. The yellow corolla falls quickly leaving the showy red calyx. |