The Endemic Plants of Chile

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Passifloraceae

Malesherbia solanoides Meyen var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu

Regions

Atacama

Habitat

Semidesert and Semiarid Andean cordillera

Distribution and habitat

Restricted to the Atacama Region where it grows along the Copiapó river valley above 1000m and adjacent ravines up to 3000m.

Distribution

  • Malesherbia solanoides var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu
    • Malesherbia solanoides var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu
      • Malesherbia solanoides var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu
        • Malesherbia solanoides var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu
          • Malesherbia solanoides var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu
            • Malesherbia solanoides var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu
              • Malesherbia solanoides var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu
                • Malesherbia solanoides var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu
                  • Malesherbia solanoides var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu
                    • Malesherbia solanoides var. rugosa (Gay) Bull-Hereñu
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Descriptions

  • Bull-Hereñu (2020)

Habit

Subshrub up to 80 cm tall.

Key characteristics

Differs from var. solanoides by having rigid and rugose leaves with dentate or serrate margin, thicker and conspicuous veins on the underside and glandular hairs on the upper surface of the leaf. In addition, the flowers have a floral cup (hypanthium) longer than wide, larger than the petals which are coloured comparatively lighter blue (Bull-Hereñu, 2020).