Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Peru (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Chile, Bio Bio, Bio Bio (Tucapel, Polcura)
-37.313333, -71.589444
Location Remarks
Comuna Tucapel, 12.1 km E of Polcura along road to El Abanico, 4.3 km W of Puente Polcura; moss and lichen covered rock outcrops and edge of low forest with Quillaja dominant. 647 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
On cinders; flowers white.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Boraginales
Family
Hydrophyllaceae
Genus
Phacelia
Specific Epithet
secunda
Authorship
J.F.Gmel.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#194,447 of 335,497
Top 58%
Extinction probability
10%