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Aristeguietia glutinosa is a Andean shrub or small plant in the daisy family, native only to Ecuador, known there as matico. It grows in cool, moist montane forest and high-altitude shrubland, and is mainly of interest for its traditional medicinal uses rather than as a garden plant.
Aristeguietia glutinosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador, where it is commonly called matico. In Peru, that name refers to the unrelated Piper aduncum, in Chile and Argentina the name matico is used for Buddleja globosa.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
