#chileanplants

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So many paths to explore! 🌸🌳🌼 Happy California Native Plant Week. Western azalea (Rhododendron occidentale) here to welcome you as you enter the California Native Plant garden ☀️ Senecio glastifolius blooming en masse in the South Africa garden along with so much more—stay tuned to our stories for more highlights from this section 🌍 Otherworldly chartreuse Puya chilensis from Chile in peak flower in the Succulent Garden 🌵 #sfbotanicalgarden #spring #traveltheworldin55acres #everybodysgarden #californianativeplantweek #canativeplants #rhododendronoccidentale #southafricanplants #senecioglastifolius #chileanplants #puyachilensis (at San Francisco Botanical Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNxvlzagTRD/?igshid=y9cwlsbu33s9

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Chilean endemic species: Nolana rupicola, Parque Nacional Llanos de Challe.

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Another beautiful Solanaceae plant from central Chile: Salpiglossis sinuata.

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Chilean wildflower:

玄参科假面花属

Alonsoa meridionalis

Ajicillo, Red Mask Flower.

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Clarkia tenella, a striking annual endemic to central and southern Chile, also occurs in southern Argentina.

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Found a "rabbit" in Llanos de Challe National Park of Chile. Not sure which Eriosyce sp. this is.

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Chilean wildflower: Monnina linearifolia. 远志科敛肠木属

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Chilean plant: Hierba del Salitre (Frankenia chilensis), in Parque Nacional Llanos de Challe. 智利瓣鳞花科

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Plant of Chile: Puya berteroniana, one of the few cold-tolerant species in the Bromeliaceae family (-7 °C), endemic to Chile.

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Huilli, Cebollín (Leucocoryne spp.) 辉熠花属 in Atacama desert. The entire genus is endemic to Chile. October 2017. 

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Native Fuchsia of Chile. The first time I saw a true Fuchsia species, quite excited. North of Santiago, 29 Sep 2017.