Place of Publication
PhytoKeys 211: 111, figs. 1-4 (2022)
Type citation
Chile. Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Provincia de Chacabuco, Comuna de Lampa, cerro Quilhuica, 600 m a.s.l., 17 June 2021, N. García & C. Cuevas 6132 (holotype: EIF 14823; isotypes: CONC, JBN, SGO).
Common names
- estrella de Lampa (García et al. (2022))
References
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García et al. (2022)
García, N , Cuevas, N , Sepúlveda , J E , Cádiz-Véliz, A and Román, M J 2022. Two new species of Miersia and their phylogenetic placements alongside the recently described M. putaendensis (Gilliesieae, Allioideae, Amaryllidaceae). PhytoKeys 211: 107-124.
Regions
Habitat
Mediterranean and Mountain matorral & sclerophyllous forest
Distribution and habitat
Only know from a single location on the isolated hill of Quilhuica, Lampa. Here it grows in rock crevices along with Tristagma graminifolium. The surrounding vegetation corresponds to a degraded sclerophyllous scrub of Lithraea caustica, Quillaja saponaria and Porlieria chilensis (García, 2022).
Conservation status
- CR B2ab(iii) (García et al. (2022))
Habit
Flowers between May and August. Immature fruits have been recorded during August and September (García, 2022)