The Endemic Plants of Chile

Type citation

CHILE, Región de Valparaíso, Prov. de los Andes, Los Libertadores, cerro Cabeza del Inca, 2985 m, 32º51’04,1” S; 70º07’34,1” W, 19/12/2019, Salas s.n. (CONC 191261)

References

• Salas (2026)

  Salas Villena, D.A. 2026. Calceolaria chasmophila (Calceolariaceae), una nueva especie endémica para la flora de Chile, Gayana Botánica 82(2): 137

Regions

Valparaíso

Habitat

Semidesert, Mediterranean and Mountain matorral & sclerophyllous forest

Distribution and habitat

This narrow endemic is only found in the valleys confluence of the Juncalillo river and Laguna del Inca, in the upper basin of the Aconcagua River between 2850 and 3100 m above sea level. Here it grows in rocke crevices in association with Chuquiraga oppositifolia, Nardophylum lanatum, Azorella ruizii and Berberis empetrifolia.

Conservation status

• CR B1 + B2ab (i,ii,iii), (Salas (2026))

Habit

Perennial with flowering stems to 20 cm tall

Key characteristics

This perennial plant has glandular hairs, a creeping woody stems with shredded bark and a rosette of leaves. It differs from the other Chilean species of the Cheiloncos Section by having filaments longer than the anthers, an open corolla and conspicuous exserted stamens (Salas, 2026).