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Malesherbia corallina, a member of Malesherbia (Passifloraceae), is a subshrub native to the deserts and dry shrubland of Tarapacá Chile. It was originally identified in 2003 by Mélica Muñoz-Schick and Pinto, and is considered very rare with less than 20 plants documented.
It has bright red flowers, velvety leaves, is gray with numerous stems, and can grow to be 40 cm tall.
Malesherbia angustisecta · Malesherbia ardens · Malesherbia arequipensis · Malesherbia auristipulata · Malesherbia bracteata · Malesherbia densiflora · Malesherbia deserticola · Malesherbia fasciculata · Malesherbia fatimae · Malesherbia haemantha · Malesherbia humilis · Malesherbia lactea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malesherbia corallina 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.
