Mutisia linearifolia Cav. belongs to the Asteraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Mutisia
Specific Epithet
linearifolia
Authorship
Cav.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#269,374 of 335,497
Top 81%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Chile, Maule, Talca
-35.938333, -70.610556
Location Remarks
Comuna San Clemente, 11.5 km below La Laguna on Highway 115 to Laguna Maule, 5.2 km below Puente Lo Aguirre; low shrubby vegetation on steep slopes. 1571 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
Tap-rooted perennial with erect to ascending branches; phyllaries green to red-brown, corolla pale yellow, styles purple.