Common name ⁴

Notro
Ciruelillo

English name ⁴

Chilean firetree
Chilean firebush

General information ⁴

Evergreen shrub
Grows in the temperate forest of Chile and Argentina
Common bush on the hill sides of volcanoes and mountains
Beautiful bright red tubular flowers
Pollinated by humming birds and insects
Part of the Proteaceae, a family common in Australian sand dunes
Like other members of the family Proteaceae, E. coccineum seedlings produce dense root masses called cluster roots or Proteoid roots that provide access to normally inaccessible forms of various nutrients, especially phosphorus. Cluster roots exude acidic substances which are able to convert the otherwise inaccessible forms of nutrients into forms that are biologically useful.
His cluster roots allows him to colonize poor and rocky soils

Seen in... ⁴

Very common at the foot of Villarica volcano (multi D1 hike)

Sources and Credits

1. (c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by John Barkla
2. (c) Liam Quinn, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Embothrium_coccineum_near_Grey_Glacier.jpg
3. (c) https://www.flickr.com/people/7147684@N03/, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Embothrium_coccineum_%E2%80%94_Notro_%E2%80%94_pellaea_001.jpg
4. (c) Alice Roy-Bolduc, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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