Schizanthus lacteus Phil.

Place of Publication

Reise Atacama: 45 (1860)

Type citation

Chile. Antofagasta: In deserto Atacama ad Hueso Parado, Dec 1853, R.A. Philippi s.n. (holotype: SGO! [SGO000004524 acc. #055390]).

Synonyms

Schizanthus sanromanii Phil.

References

Philippi R.A. (1860b)

Philippi, R.A. 1860. Reise durch die Wűste Atacama auf Befehl der chilenischen Regierung im Sommer 1853-54. 62 pp.
Grau & Gronbach (1984)

Grau, J. and Gronbach, E. 1984. Untersuchungen zur variabilität in der Gattung Schizanthus (Solanaceae). Mitteilungen (aus) der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 20: 111-203
Muñoz-Schick & Moreira-Muñoz (2008b)

Muñoz-Schick, M. and Moreira-Muñoz , A 2008. El género Schizanthus (Solanaceae) en Chile. Revista Chagual (Jardín Botánico Chagual, Santiago) 6: 21–32.
Morales-Fierro et al. (2020)

Morales-Fierro, Vanezza , Muñoz-Schick, Mélica and Moreira-Muñoz, Andrés 2020. Synopsis of Schizanthus Ruiz & Pav. (Solanaceae), a genus endemic to the southern Andes. PhytoKeys 154: 57–102

Iconography

Morales-Fierro et al. (2020): fig. 2a–d

Regions

Antofagasta

Habitat

Desert and Desert fog oases (Lomas)

Distribution and habitat

Restricted to the coast of Region Antofagasta (Province of Antofagasta, 23°30'–26°0' lat. S) where it forms part of the lomas vegetation on steep hillsides and among rocks alongside watercourses; in gravely soil or coarse sand (Morales-Fierro et al., 2020).

Distribution

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Habit

Herb, 20-40 cm tall

Key characteristics

Usually the corolla is entirely white, but it can vary from blue to lilac. Sometimes it has purple spots or veins on the upper lip or is purple through-out the corolla without any markings. Leaves linear or lanceolate but lobed at the margins. As with S. integrifolius and S. candidus, this species shows a reduced lower lip compared to the upper lip (Morales-Fierro et al., 2020) .

Notes

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