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.
Eulychnia breviflora is a species of Eulychnia found in Chile.
Eulychnia breviflora is native to northern Chile, extending from the western Atacama region to the northwest of the Coquimbo region, primarily along the coastal strip. It inhabits desert and dry scrub biomes from sea level to approximately 400 meters, establishing on coastal hills, slopes, or in thorny scrub on sandy soils in arid, sparsely vegetated environments. While highly tolerant of drought, its low rainfall is supplemented by frequent coastal fogs, which often form a consistent daily cloud band. This humidity can lead to lichen growth on coastal specimens. The species' range near the coast overlaps with Eulychnia acida, and natural hybridization between the two has been observed.
Eulychnia acida · Eulychnia castanea · Eulychnia chorosensis · Eulychnia elata · Eulychnia iquiquensis · Eulychnia ritteri · Eulychnia taltalensis · Eulychnia vallenarensis · Eulychnia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eulychnia breviflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
