Monochaetum trychophyllum; Melastomataceae

Monochaetum trychophyllum AlmedaDisturbed sites and pasturelands along cloud forest slopes; sprawling subshrubs over felled logs and boulders in areas of secondary vegetation with Leandra melanodesma. Often growing on rotting logs or on humus cover over boulders. Corolla pink. Antepetalous anthers pinkish-orange, antesepalous ones and all appendages yellow. Sepals widely spreading and reflexed. Trichomes at the summit of the ovary glandular