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Malesherbia fatimae

Family
Malesherbiaceae (Malesherbi family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Peru
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Malesherbia fatimae is a shrub native to Chuquibamba, Peru. It phenotypically differs greatly from other Peruvian members of Malesherbia in terms of leaves and branch formation and density. It flowers all year long and has dense racemes red flowers.

It is capable of producing hybrids with Malesherbia tenuifolia; this was the first interspecies cross identified in Malesherbia.

Other Malesherbia plants

Malesherbia angustisecta · Malesherbia ardens · Malesherbia arequipensis · Malesherbia auristipulata · Malesherbia bracteata · Malesherbia corallina · Malesherbia densiflora · Malesherbia deserticola · Malesherbia fasciculata · Malesherbia haemantha · Malesherbia humilis · Malesherbia lactea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malesherbia fatimae 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.

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