Catalogue no.:	V-1221918
Taxon:	Hibiscus kitaibelifolius A.St.-Hil.
Label:	Hibiscus kitaibelifolius
Family:	Malvaceae
Collector:	William R. Anderson
Collector no.:	8946
Date:	1973 04 15
Country:	Brazil
Province:	Minas Gerais
Locality:	Serra do Espinhaço. 10 km by road SW of Rio Jequití & Mendanha on road to Diamatina
Habitat:	Hillside with blocky quartzite outcrops, sloping down to streams; cerrado on hillsides, gallery forest along streams, and brejos (sedge meadows) just above the forests
Attributes:	Slender woody stems to 4 m long, trailing & leaning in gallery forest; corolla pink with purple center