Escallonia pulverulenta--Chile. Jardin Botan., Univ. Talca. 22 Nov 2014. DSC06072 (37).JPG
Endemic to Chile Central (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Chile, Maule, Talca (Jardin Botanico de la Universidad de Talca.)
Location Remarks
Jardin Botanico de la Universidad de Talca. Av. Lircay s/n, Talca.
Collectors
No collectors specified
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
Christopher Davidson, Persy Gomez de la Fuente, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
Chile, O'Higgins, Cardenal Caro
-34.487778, -72.006944
Location Remarks
Comuna Pichilemu, Cáhuil; steep rocky roadbank above a brackish estuary. 2 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Marcia Ricci, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
Shrub 2.5 m tall but also present as a tree, flowers pale yellow-green, "corontillo"
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Escalloniales
Family
Escalloniaceae
Genus
Escallonia
Specific Epithet
pulverulenta
Authorship
(Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#112,639 of 335,497
Top 34%
Extinction probability
6%
