Native to Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South; introduced into France, Great Britain, Hawaii, Ireland, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Oregon, Spain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
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, Jose San Martin, Persy Gomez de la Fuente, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Arbusto escandente.
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
rubra
Authorship
(Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.4
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
#185,729 of 335,497
Top 56%
Extinction probability
10%