Flora cuarta región
Chañar
Geoffroea decorticans, the chañar, kumbaru, or Chilean palo verde (green wood), is a small deciduous tree, up to 8 meters (25 ft) tall that inhabits most arid forests (montes or espinales) of southern South America. The chañar is cold and drought deciduous; it loses its leaves in winter, and possibly in summer if conditions get too dry. It is natural to Chile and Argentina, also ...more ↓
Peruvian Pepper Tree
Schinus molle (Peruvian pepper, also known as American pepper, Peruvian peppertree, escobilla, false pepper, molle del Peru, pepper tree, peppercorn tree, Californian pepper tree, pirul and Peruvian mastic) is an evergreen tree that grows to 15 meters (50 feet). It is native to the Peruvian Andes. The ...more ↓
Maiten tree
Maytenus boaria (mayten) is an evergreen tree of the family Celastraceae, native from South America, up to 20 m (66 ft), 80 cm (31 in) diameter, straight trunk. It occurs naturally approximately from 30 to 50ºS: Chile and Argentina.
Caven Thorn
Vachellia caven (Roman Cassie, Aromita, Aromo Criollo, Caven, Churque, Churqui, Espinillo, Espinillo de Baado, Espino, Espino Maulino) is an ornamental tree in the Fabaceae family. Vachellia caven is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It grows four to five metres tall and bears ...more ↓
Bahia ambrosioides
Bahia ambrosioides is a South American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is native to Chile including the Juan Fernández Islands.
Pahuen
Adesmia microphylla, pahuen, is a common shrub in Coastal Chilean Matorral of Central Chile, 400 to 1000 masl., associates with Proustia pungens and Lithrea caustica. This species was merged as A. arborea, a taxon including A. confusa Ulibarri, a distinctive plant with flowers over brachyblasts. The flowers of A. microphylla appear over ...more ↓
Pingo-pingo
Ephedra breana (frutilla de campo, pingo-pingo) is a species of Ephedra growing from northwest Argentina through to Chile and Bolivia.
Colliguaja odorifera
Colliguaja odorifera is a lignotuberous species of the family Euphorbiaceae. Occurrence is in portions of South America. Specific occurrence is noted in central Chile in the La Campana National Park and Cerro La Campana areas, where this lignotuber is found in the same forest as the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis.
Heliotropium stenophyllum
Heliotropium stenophyllum is a species of plant in the Boraginaceae family. It is endemic to Chile. Its natural habitats are semi-desert coastal areas of Northern Chile, in the 3 and 4 Region.
Fescues
Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of 10–200 cm (4–79 in) and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every continent except Antarctica. The genus is closely related to ryegrass (Lolium), and recent evidence from ...more ↓
Old Man Saltbush
Atriplex nummularia is a species of saltbush from the family Amaranthaceae and is a large woody shrub known commonly as oldman saltbush. A. nummularia is native to Australia and occurs in each of the mainland states, thriving in arid and semi-arid inland regions.
Chilean cactus mistletoe
Tristerix aphyllus is a holoparasitic plant species of the genus Tristerix in the family Loranthaceae. It is endemic to Chile. T. aphyllus is sometimes called the "cactus mistletoe." It should not be confused with the mistletoe cactus, which is an epiphytic cactus, and not a mistletoe.
Litre
El litre (Lithraea caustica) es una especie leñosa de la familia de las anacardiáceas, endémica de Chile, distribuido entre las regiones de Coquimbo y Biobío.
Romerillo
Baccharis linearis (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. es un arbusto abundante en la zona central de Chile y Argentina, apto para jardinería, conocido con el nombre vulgar de romerillo, puede alcanzar 2 m y hasta 3 de ancho.
Senecio adenotrichius
Senecio adenotrichius, es una especie de planta perenne perteneciente a la familia Asteraceae. Originaria de Chile, y común en los suelos perturbados. Está considerada una planta invasora en los Estados Unidos....
arrancamoños
Xanthium spinosum, comúnmente conocido como arrancamoños o agarramoños del género Xanthium es una especie de planta herbácea perteneciente a la familia de las asteráceas.
Eriosyce heinrichiana
Eriosyce esmeraldana o Quisquito don Rodolfo, es una especie fanerógama perteneciente a la familia de las Cactaceae.
Papaya chilena
El palo gordo o montegordo (Vasconcellea chilensis), es una especie de planta con flor de la familia de las Caricaceae.
Palqui
Cestrum parqui, conocido comúnmente como duraznillo negro, cestrum verde o palqui es una especie de la familia Solanaceae nativa de América Central y América del Sur.
