The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Chaetogastra is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. Its native range is South America and North America. It contains around 115 species.
The species of Chaetogastra are native from Mexico through Central America and the West Indies into the Andes of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. They are also found in eastern Brazil. The Andes are the centre of diversity. Most are found in cloud forests above 1,000 m elevation, although some herbaceous species are found in open areas above 100 m.
Chaetogastra ciliaris · Chaetogastra clinopodifolia · Chaetogastra cornuta · Chaetogastra gracilis · Cane Tibouchina · Longleaf Glorytree · Chaetogastra mollis · Chaetogastra rufipilis · Chaetogastra versicolor · Chaetogastra anderssonii · Chaetogastra campii · Chaetogastra grossa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chaetogastra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
