Native to Argentina South, Chile Central (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, California (San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum)
Location Remarks
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Chile, Maule, Cauquenes
-35.98, -72.688889
Location Remarks
Comuna Pelluhue, Reserva Nacional Los Queules, more or less level terrain between road and Quebrada Ramadillas; tall fores with Nothofagus dominant. 391 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
Shrub 1 m tall, fruits green to pink.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Gaultheria
Specific Epithet
insana
Authorship
(Molina) D.J.Middleton
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#325,830 of 335,497
Top 98%
Extinction probability
10%