Family | ESCALLONIACEAE |
Genus species | Escallonia glabrata Phil. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 33: 87 (1864) |
Native Range | sc. Chile |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glabrous, leaves obovate-oblong, acute, serrate, abaxially pale, punctate, flowers pedicellate, pendent, axillary or terminal, producing raceme, bracts opposite, linear-subulate |
Size | 25-45cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Escallonia alpina var. glaberrima Phil. Escallonia alpina var. glabrata (Phil.) Sleumer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |