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Ourisia coccinea subsp. elegans is a low perennial rosette herb from the Andes of southern Chile, grown mainly for its scarlet-flowered racemes. It is a cool, moist, shade-loving plant that does best in damp soil near running water.
Ourisia coccinea subsp. elegans is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to mountainous habitats of the Andes of southern Chile. Rodolfo Amando Philippi described O. elegans in 1859, which is now recognised as a subspecies of O. coccinea. This subspecies is found in the northern and western parts of the species' range, and has crenate, lobed leaves that are glabrous (hairless) on the upper surface and pedicels with glandular hairs that are less than 0.1 mm long.
Ourisia coccinea subsp. elegans is endemic to the Andes mountains of Chile from approximately 31°S to 40°S latitude, in the northern and western parts of the range of O. coccinea. It is found in the Chilean regions of Coquimbo, Santiago Metropolitan, O'Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Ríos, and Los Lagos. It usually grows at 90 to 1250 m above sea level, but in the northern part of its range, it can attain elevations of 1800 to 2600 m. It is found in shady forests on stream or river banks near running water.
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