The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Chaetanthera and Oriastrum: 200 (2010)

Type citation

Based on Tylloma glabratum DC. var. microphyllum Phil., “In litore arenoso ad La Serena et monte Fray Jorge, januario 1883 invenit Fr. Philippi.” (LT: SGO. IS: SGO [x2])

Synonyms

• Tylloma brachylepis Phil.
• Tylloma glabratum DC. var.  brachylepis
• Tylloma glabratum DC. var.  microphyllum

References

• Davies (2010)

  Davies, A.M.R. 2010. Chaetanthera and Oriastrum. A systematic revision of Chaetanthera Ruiz and Pav. and the reinstatement of Oriastrum Poepp. and Endl. (Asteraceae: Mutisieae). Alemania: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschriften

Regions

Atacama and Coquimbo

Distribution and habitat

It occurs between the provinces of Huasco and Choapa (28°-32°10 ' lat. S), with a mainly coastal distribution, around 500 metres above sea-level. It grows in rocks and dunes above the coast but it is scarce in the open dense vegetation. Flowers from October to April.

Distribution

• Chaetanthera frayjorgensis A.M.R.Davies
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Key characteristics

Close to C. glabrata and other species of the Tylloma group but it is distinctive because of its densely black-brown glandular hairs on the leaf surface and on the bracts of the inflorescence (Davies 2010).