Remarks : a very variable species throughout the whole of its native range, even occasionally throwing very pale pink-flowered individuals, and there are currently no validly recognized varieties or subspecies. At the far northern edge of its range, F. magellanica forms interspecific hybrids with F. lycioides, F. magellanica is widely cultivated and has naturalized itself in parts of South America, East Africa, New Zealand, Ireland and Hawaii. The many so-called “varieties” commonly found in cultivation, however, have almost all been determined to be hybrids and should always be expressed as garden selections or cultivars. Flowering is from December to March, but occasionally starts as early as October and can continue to as late as April.
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Year (of first description) : 1788
Botanist : Lamarck
Authors : Lamarck 1788. Berry 1989
Original publication : Encycl. 2: 564 1788
Habitat : in moist scrub and along forest margins, especially near water, throughout the central and southern Andes of Chile and Argentina and in coastal Chile, from Valparaíso, Chile (32°50 S) and Neuquén, Argentina (39°30 S) to the southernTierra del Fuego (55° S, historically to 64° W) at elevations from sea level, throughout its range, to 1,750 meters in Central Chile near Santiago. It is geographically separated from the other eight species in this section by 1,000 to 1,500 kilometers
Elevation : 500-2000
Native country : Argentina, Chilé
Synonyms : Dorvalla eucaris Comm. ex Lam., F. macrostema, Ruiz & Pavon 1802, Tilcum tinctorium, Molina 1810. F. gracilis, Lindley 1824, F. gracilis var. macrostema, (Ruiz & Pavon) Lindley 1827, F. gracilis var. multiflora, Lindley 1827, F. conica, Lindley 1827, F. macrostema var. conica, (Lindley) Sweet 1833, F. macrostema var. grandiflora, Hooker 1833, F. discolor, Lindley 1823, F. coccinea var. macrostema, (Ruiz Pavon) Hooker 1847, F. coccinea var. robustior, Hooker 1847, F. chonotica, Philippi 1856, F. araucana, Philippi 1876, F. coccinea var. chonotica, (Philippi) Reiche 1897, F. magellanica var. gracilis, (Lindley) Bailey 1900, F. magellanica var. conica, (Lindley) Bailey 1900, F. magellanica var. discolor, (Lindley) Bailey 1900, F. magellanica var. molinae, Espinosa 1929, F. magellanica var. macrostema, (Ruiz & Pavon) Munz 1943, F. magellanica var. typica, Munz 1943, F. magellanica var. eburnea, Pisano 1979
Gametic chromosome number n = 22, 44
FOLIAGE
Leaves : in whorls of three to four per node or sometimes opposite, petioles 0.5 to 1 cm long
