The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Fl. Chil. [Gay] 3(1): 101-102 (1848)

Type citation

"Se cria en las cordilleras de Talcaregoue", I-II-1831, Gay 174 (Type; P).

Synonyms

• Asteriscium haematocarpum Clos var.  chlorocarpum
• Asteriscium ramosissimum Phil.
• Asteriscium verrucosum Meyen

References

• Gay (1848a)

  Gay, C. 1848. Historia física y política de Chile: Botánica, vol. 3(1):1-128. Paris & Chile (Museo Historia Natural de Santiago)

Iconography

• Mathias & Constance (1962): Fig. 10. (a-e)

Regions

Coquimbo, Valparaíso and Metropolitana

Distribution and habitat

Distributed in the Andes from southern Coquimbo to Colchagua, at elevations of 2300-3500 metres.

Descriptions

• Mathias & Constance (1962)

Habit

Slender, spreading or ascending annual herb from 10-30 cm. Flowering from December to February.

Key characteristics

Although very easily identified from all other species of Asteriscium by its entire, orbicular leaves, it can however, be confused with small-leaved forms of Pozoa coriacea.