Schizanthus porrigens subsp. borealis V.Morales & Muñoz-Schick

Type citation

Chile. Coquimbo: norte La Serena-Cuesta Porotitos, N El Arrayán, 29°40'10.5"S, 71°18'17.6"W, 184 m alt., 7 Dec 2008, M. Muñoz 5023 (holotype: SGO! [acc. #157830]).

References

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
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. 6f–i

Regions

Coquimbo

Distribution and habitat

Restricted to the coast of the Region of Coquimbo (Province of Elqui, 29°25'–29°50' lat. S). 170–600 m about sea level. It inhabits shady hillsides and ravines, rocky outcrops with large boulders. It can be found among dense vegetation dominated by Heliotropium stenophyllum, Senna cumingii var. coquimbensis, Ophryosporus triangularis and Lobelia polyphylla. Also present in grazed areas with a dominance of shrubby species of Asteraceae (Morales-Fierro et al., 2020).

Distribution

Schizanthus porrigens subsp. borealis V.Morales & Muñoz-Schick
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        Schizanthus porrigens subsp. borealis V.Morales & Muñoz-Schick
        
        Schizanthus porrigens subsp. borealis V.Morales & Muñoz-Schick
        
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Habit

Annual herb up to 50 cm tall.

Key characteristics

This variety has a bluish or lilac uniform corolla colour, with or without a single faint dark spot in the upper part of each lateral lobe (in the separation of the lateral and middle lobe). These spots do not reach the margin of the lobes (Morales-Fierro et al., 2020).