Family
Montiaceae
Genus
Montiopsis
Specific Epithet
umbellata
Authorship
(Ruiz & Pav.) D.I. Ford
2/21/2013
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.D. Stevens, C. Davidson, S. R. Christoph, O.M. Montiel
Notes
Inflorescences erect, corolla magenta.
2/17/2013
Location
Chile, Bio Bio, Bio Bio
-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.D. Stevens, C. Davidson, S. R. Christoph, O.M. Montiel
Notes
Roadside; prostrate from a taproot, leaves succulent, corolla red-purple, opening mid-morning.
