The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Arnaldoa 14(2): 207–211, figs. 12,13,14A–C,E–F. (2007)

Type citation

CHILE. Región IV (Coquimbo). Prov. Limarí, Caleta El Toro, desembocadura de Río Limarí. [30°44.098’LS, 71°41.965’LO], 40 m, 11 Dec 2004, M.O. Dillon & G. Arancio 8690 (holotype: ULS, isotypes: F, SGO).

Common names

• suspiro siete de colores (Dillon (2023))

References

• Dillon et al. (2007)

  Dillon, M. O. , Arancio, G. and Leubert, F. 2007. Five new species of Nolana (Solanaceae-Nolaneae) from Chile. Arnaldoa 14(2): 191-212

Iconography

• Dillon (2023): Figs. 62-65

Regions

Coquimbo

Habitat

Mediterranean, Coastal matorral and Temperate Forests

Distribution and habitat

This species is recorded from a small area with sandy soils; near-coast habitats or, more rarely, from higher, inland areas from 20-500 metres above sea level. Only known from a single locality at Caleta El Toro and growing with N. crassulifolia, N. rupicola, and N. sedifolia and N. werdermannii (Dillon & Arancio, 2004, Dillon, 2023).

Descriptions

• Dillon (2023)

Habit

Succulent, perennial herb with prostrate stems to 50 cm long. Flowering from October to December.

Key characteristics

Similar to N. paradoxa but N. reichei differs in both lobe shape and coloration pattern. Furthermore, the former species has more petiolate leaves with ovate leaf blades and corollas with only a yellow spot in the throat (Dillon et al., 2007)

Notes

Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.