Ourisia ruellioides
Ourisia ruellioides (L.f.) Kuntze
Ourisia ruellioides is a flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae family, native to the Andes in southern Argentina and Chile. It was originally described as Chelone ruelloides by Carl Linnaeus the Younger in 1782 and later reclassified into the genus Ourisia by Otto Kuntze in 1898. This species is the most widespread and common in the genus, occurring over a range of 22 degrees of latitude.
Description
Ourisia ruellioides is a large, showy plant with red, tubular corollas that are hairless inside the tube. The calyx is irregular and ciliate, with two deeply divided and three shallowly divided lobes. Its leaves are glabrous, serrated, and ovate in shape. The species is found in mountainous regions of southern Argentina and central to southern Chile. It is the type species of the genus Ourisia and is distinguished by its wide distribution and frequent occurrence in its native range.
Distribution
Argentina South · Chile Central · Chile South
Synonyms
Ourisia magellanicaOurisia glabraOurisia poeppigiiChelone ruellioidesOurisia racemosaOurisia miltopsisOurisia ruelloides var. poeppigiiOurisia magellanicaOurisia ruellioides var. poeppigii
