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Quinchamalium is a genus of flowering plant in the family Schoepfiaceae, with a single species Quinchamalium chilense, native to Chile, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia. Depending on the latitude, it can be found from sea level to 3,800 m in elevation.
Quinchamalium chilense is a dominant plant species, along with Festuca scabriuscula, Poa obvalata and Adesmia emarginata in a type of Patagonian steppe habitat with scattered trees of Araucaria araucana found along the upper course of the Biobío River in the Araucanía Region of Chile. This is a cold region at 1,500 m altitude, with a dry season of one to two months, sometimes heavy rains, and temperatures which can fall below freezing.
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