Heliotropium inconspicuum Reiche

Place of Publication

Anales Univ. Chile 121: 245 (1907)

Type citation

Based on Cochranea parviflora Phil. Región de Antofagasta, Prov. Antofagasta, Breas in deserto Atacama, 1888, A. Larranaga s.n. (holotype: SGO 54431.

Synonyms

Cochranea parviflora Phil.

References

Reiche (1907c)

Reiche, K.F. 1907. Estudios criticos sobre la flora de Chile. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 121:227-250, 803-835
Finger & Teillier (2010)

Finger, K. and Teillier, S. 2010. Contribuciôn al conocimiento de la flora endémica de Taltal y Paposo, Region de Antofagasta (II), Chile. Chloris Chilensis 13.
Luebert (2013)

Luebert, F. 2013. A revision of Heliotropium sect. Cochranea (Heliotropiaceae). Kew Bulletin 68(1): 1-54.

Iconography

Finger & Teillier (2010):

Regions

Antofagasta and Atacama

Habitat

Desert and Desert fog oases (Lomas)

Distribution and habitat

Coastal hills of the province of Antofagasta and Chañaral between 25°5'S and 26°8'S. Hillsides and coastal desert between 100–780 meters above sea level. Forms part of the coastal scrub in the fog zone where the dominant species are Balbisia pedunculata, Eulychnia iquiquensis, Euphorbia lactiflua, Nolana ramosissima and Oxalis gigantea.

Distribution

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Descriptions

Luebert (2013)

Habit

Erect shrubs, 0.3–1 m tall. Flowering from September to November.