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Ourisia polyantha
Ourisia polyantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to the Andes mountains of central Chile. Eduard Poeppig and Stephan Endlicher described O. polyantha in 1835. Plants of this species of South American foxglove are small, showy, perennial, many-branched and suffruticose with entire, decussate leaves. The flowers are solitary, with a regular calyx, and a regular corolla. The calyx has tiny glandular hairs, and the corolla tube is red, but yellow and glabrous inside.
The species has been successfully cultivated by rock gardening enthusiasts, and artificial interspecific hybrids, which have been given the name Ourisia × bitternensis M.Sheader & A.Sheader, have been made between O. polyantha and another suffruticose species, O. microphylla.
Ourisia polyantha is endemic to Chile in the Andes mountainous from 33 to 35°S latitude. It is found in the Santiago Metropolitan Region and O'Higgins Region. This species is rare and can be found in rocky habitats near waterfalls or streams from 1,360 to 2,400 m (4,460 to 7,870 ft) above sea level.
Ourisia alpina · Ourisia biflora · Ourisia breviflora subsp. breviflora · Ourisia breviflora subsp. uniflora · Ourisia breviflora · Creeping Mountain Foxglove · Ourisia calycina · Ourisia chamaedrifolia · Ourisia coccinea subsp. coccinea · Ourisia coccinea subsp. elegans · Ourisia coccinea · Ourisia confertifolia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ourisia polyantha 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.
