Adesmia microphylla
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Adesmia microphylla, 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 this species, A.microphylla, appear over spines.
Chilean Matorral
The Chilean Matorral is a terrestrial ecoregion of central Chile, located on the west coast of South America. It is in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome, part of the Neotropic ecozone....
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 this species, A.microphylla, appear over spines.