| Family | LOASACEAE |
| Genus species | Caiophora chuquitensis (Meyen) Urb. & Gilg |
| Bibliography | Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 76: 301 (1900) |
| Native Range | sc. Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1000-4500m |
| Description | leaves lanceolate, 6cm long, pinnatisect, segments dentate, acute, floral stem sparsely leafy, tomentose, flowers 2-4 in cluster, petals spreading |
| Size | 20-85cm |
| Color | red-orange |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C root cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Blumenbachia chuquitensis (Meyen) Hook.f. Caiophora albiflora (Griseb.) Urb. & Gilg Caiophora angustisecta Urb. & Gilg Caiophora fiebrigii Urb. & Gilg Caiophora heptamera (Wedd.) Urb. & Gilg Caiophora heptamera var. albiflora Griseb. Caiophora heptamera var. mollis Griseb. Caiophora horrida (Britton) Urb. & Gilg Caiophora lorentziana Urb. & Gilg Caiophora macrocarpa Urb. & Gilg Caiophora orbignyana Urb. & Gilg Caiophora sphaerocarpa Urb. & Gilg Caiophora superba Phil. Loasa chuquitensis Meyen Loasa heptamera Wedd. Loasa heptamera var. chelidonifolia Wedd. Loasa horrida Britton |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |