Here you will find plants which we believe to be very ornamental. This criteria is somewhat arbitrary, and you may not have ever heard about some plants included here; this does not mean that they are bad; simply, few people tried them or no information and
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Acacia dealbata
Family:Fabaceae
F | Acaena antarctica
Family:Rosaceae
N | Acaena argentea
Family:Rosaceae
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This is an exotic plant, very invasive in central areas of Chile, but also very beautful due to its abundant golden flowers. In Chile entire areas turn gold in early spring when it begins to bloom.
It was used as a source of yellow dye from flowers and for soil stabilization due...
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The germination of this species is not very complicated, but you should do the cold stratification. You can avoid it by planting the seeds in autumn and exposing them to natural cold stratification during winter time. If you decide to do it "scientifically," soak the seeds for two...
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Acaena pinnatifida
Family:Rosaceae
N | Acaena sericea
Family:Rosaceae
N | Acaena splendens
Family:Rosaceae
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The plant is very beautiful and stange-looking when it is blooming, it has nice leaves, but when the fruits reach maturity it becomes extremely unpleasant - the fruits have sharp and quite strong thorns which get entangled in the clothing and make walking across the fields of these plants in Chile...
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Acrisione denticulata
Family:Asteraceae
N | Adesmia longipes
Family:Fabaceae
N | Aextoxicon punctatum
Family:Aextoxicaceae
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This is interesting shrub from the asteraceae family. It offers silver foliage and beautiful yellow-colored flowers which will glow from far away. It is not very hardy, so that it can tolerate only frost, not snow. It grows relatively fast and will reward you with beautiful bouquets of yellow...
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Ageratina glechonophylla
Family:Asteraceae
G | Albizia lopthantha
Family:Fabaceae
F | Alonsoa meridionalis
Family:Scrophulariaceae
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| This is a beautiful perennial plant with many fiery-red and strange looking flowers glowing along its branches. It is quite easy to germinate and to maintain, and it may flower even during the first year. For the second year you are guaranteed to have an adult plant of about 1 m. high. This plant...
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Alstroemeria andina
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
G | Alstroemeria angustifolia
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria aurea
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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| Another interesting Alstroemeria. It is one of the first to be taken out of Chile for propagation and it served as a genetic pool for creating new vaireties. It is rather high (reaching up to 1 m), so it is best suited for outdoor growing. Not very demanding, but still you need to provide good...
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Alstroemeria aurea color type orange
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria crispata
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria cummingiana
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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Alstroemeria diluta ssp. chrysantha color type A
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria diluta ssp. chrysantha color type C
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria exerens
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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| This is a high mountain beautiful Alstroemeria. It is rather low, but has huge flowers, either pink or whitish
The easiest form to germinate this species is to plant it in autumn and expose the seeds to natural temperature fluctuations. If you decide to do it "scientifically," soak...
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Alstroemeria graminea
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria hookeri
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria kingii
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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Alstroemeria leporina
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria ligtu ssp. incarnata
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria ligtu ssp. ligtu
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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| This is a very beautiful Alstroemeria. It germinates relatively easily, grows fast, is undemanding. It tolerates some freezing, but its natural habitat is the medium altitude mountains. In Chile it is quite common in several areas.
The easiest form to germinate this species is to...
| Very beautiful alstroemeria, but not for very cold climates. This subspecies differs from other Alstoemeria ligtu by much narrower tepals and usually bright red color.
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Alstroemeria ligtu ssp. simsii
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria magnifica ssp. magenta
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria magnifica ssp. magnifica
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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This Alstoemeria grows in the more warmer areas, where freezing may occur in winter, but where there is generally now snow. It is a huge plant, one of the tallest Alstroemerias in Chile (may reach more than 120 cm"), and is very robust. One inflorescense may have up to 25 fiery flowers. Needs...
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Alstroemeria magnifica ssp. magnifica color type lila
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria magnifica var. sierrae
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria magnifica var. tofoensis
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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Alstroemeria pallida
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria pelegrina
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria philippii var. albicans
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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| This Alstroemeria was one of the first to be taken to Europe for cultivation. Its main disadvantage that in its natural habitat it does not tolerate freezing nor very high temperatures, because it grows very close to the shoreline, where the sea stabilizes the temperature...
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Alstroemeria philippii var. philippii
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria presliana
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria pseudospatulata
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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| This Alstroemeria is not as showy as many other alstoemerias, and has delicate pink-colored medium sized flowers. It needs relatively rich soil, considerbale watering, and is snow-hardy. In its natural habitat it prefers shady places under the trees.
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| This alstroemeria is quite rare in Chile, it is found only in a small area of about 100 km2. It has beatiful yellow flowers, which, combined with the low height of the plant, make it an excellent potting plant. It needs soil with good drainage and is very hardy (where it lives, the snow cover lasts...
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Alstroemeria pulchra (blue)
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria pulchra var. maxima (white)
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria revoluta
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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| This is a very robust and big Alstoemeria. It may have white or purple flowers and may reach 120 cm. It grows in areas where there are no freezing temperatures, on poor soils.
The easiest form to germinate this species is to plant it in autumn and expose the seeds to natural...
| Alstroemeria revoluta has the smallest flowers in Chile which measure less then half the size of most other alstroemerias. Despite that it still is a very attractive plant, because the flowers are delicately pink-colored and the petals bent back (that is where it names caomes from - revoluta) give...
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Alstroemeria schizanthoides var. schizanthoides
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria umbellata
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria versicolor
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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| As many Chilean alstroemerias, this is a very beatiful flower. It has the advanatage that it grows low, and is ideally suited for potting, although of course it can be grown outside. The place where it grows is covered with snow for more than 4 months and - 10? C is frequent here" It needs loose,...
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Alstroemeria violacea
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
N | Alstroemeria werdermannii
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Alstroemeria werdermannii var. flavicans
English Name:Inca Lily
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
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Ambrosia sp. #2772
English Name:Silver Burr Ragweed, Silver Beachweed and (Silver) Beach Bur
Family:Asteraceae
F | Amomyrtus luma
Family:Myrtaceae
N | Anarthrophyllum cummingi
Family:Fabaceae
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Anemone moorei
Family:Ranunculaceae
E | Anemone rigida
Family:Ranunculaceae
E | Arachnitis uniflora
Family:Corsiaceae
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This is one of the most rare plants in Chile. Currently, it is known to grow in one very restricted area with two locations. It has beautiful and big white flowers and grows like a small shrub. We have not tried out this plant yet, but it appears that it would need rich organic, somewhat acid soil,...
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| This is one of the strangest Chilean plants. It does not have any chlorophyll so that it can not generate its proper energy from the sunlight as almost all plants do. Instead it lives off...
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Araucaria angustifolia
Family:Araucariaceae
F | Araucaria araucana
Family:Araucariaceae
N | Arenaria serpens
Family:Caryophyllaceae
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| No doubt that this is one of the most famous Chilean plants. It is huge, tall, sturdy, strange-looking, it bark very reminiscent of the dinosaur skin, and this comparision is not too far fetched, because it is one of the oldest families of trees on earth. In addition, it also one of the long-living...
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Argemone hunnemannii
Family:Papaveraceae
N | Argylia potentillaefolia
Family:Bignoniaceae
E | Argylia radiata
Family:Bignoniaceae
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This plant grows in relatively warm northern regions of Chile. It has beautiful big white flowers, which, when open, can reach 6 - 7 cm. in diameter. This plant being annual does not have restrictions as to the coldness of the zone where it can grow, all it needs is about 5 - 6 months of relatively...
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Argylia radiata color type pale yellow
Family:Bignoniaceae
E | Argylia radiata color type pink
Family:Bignoniaceae
E | Argylia radiata color type red
Family:Bignoniaceae
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Argylia sp. 2195
Family:Bignoniaceae
G | Aristolochia bridgesii
English Name:birthwort/pipevine/Dutchman`s pipes
Family:Aristolochiaceae
E | Aristolochia chilensis
English Name:birthwort/pipevine/Dutchman`s pipes
Family:Aristolochiaceae
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| This species is one of the two or three Aristolochias in Chile (it is still undecided whether one species is a valid species). It is one of the few insectivorous plants in Chile. Grows in relatively warm conditions (no frost), little watering, poor, sandy soils with good...
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Aristolochia chilensis color type green
English Name:birthwort/pipevine/Dutchman`s pipes
Family:Aristolochiaceae
E | Aristolochia chilensis color type intermediate
English Name:birthwort/pipevine/Dutchman`s pipes
Family:Aristolochiaceae
E | Asteranthera ovata
Family:Gesneriaceae
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Astragalus looseri
Family:Fabaceae
N | Austrocactus philippi
Family:Cactaceae
E | Austrocedrus chilensis
Family:Cupressaceae
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| This is one of the most rare and amazing plants in Chile. Only two locations are known where it can be found, and the last location was discovered just recently by the University of Talca. It seems that the first location was plundered, because there were no reports of seeing it there lately. So...
| This is a very beautiful and endangered Chilean tree species.
The germination of this species is not very complicated, but the cold stratification is an absolute must. Remember that you can avoid it by planting the seeds in autumn and exposing them to natural cold stratification. If...
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Azara alpina
Family:Flacourtiaceae
N | Azara microphylla
Family:Flacourtiaceae
N | Azara serrata
Family:Flacourtiaceae
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This azara grows at high altitudes and produces relatively big red fruits which put up quite a show in mid-summer, standing out from the light-green folliage.
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Azorella compacta
Family:Apiaceae
N | Azorella madreporica
Family:Apiaceae
G | Azorella monatha
Family:Apiaceae
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Azorella monatha A
Family:Apiaceae
N | Baccharis magellanica
Family:Asteraceae
N | Bahia ambrosoides
Family:Asteraceae
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Balbisia microphylla
Family:Ledocarpaceae
E | Balbisia peduncularis
Family:Ledocarpaceae
E | Barneoudia major var. major
Family:Ranunculaceae
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According to Eduardo Ruiz, Flora de Chile, vol. 2, p. 50, the distribution of this plant goes from 32 34 y 34 15 S; however, we have found this plant at Paso Vergara of the 7th Region, at a latitude of 35 10 S, at an altitude of 2800 m. This plant prefers damp semi-swampy...
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Berberidopsis corallina
Family:Berberidopsidaceae
E | Berberis darwinii
English Name:Barberry
Family:Berberidaceae
N | Berberis empetrifolia
English Name:Barberry
Family:Berberidaceae
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| This berberis plant, named in honor of Darwin, has the typical appearance of berberis - with its thorny leaves, thorns on the branches, yellow nice flowers, and blue edible fruits. It is relatively easy to cultivate and will reward you with a somewhat strange appearance and at the same time it will...
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Berberis ilicifolia
Family:Berberidaceae
N | Berberis trigona
English Name:Barberry
Family:Berberidaceae
N | Bipinnula fimbriata
Family:Orchidaceae
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Bipinnula plumosa
Family:Orchidaceae
E | Blechnum arcuatum
Family:Blechnaceae
N | Blechnum chilense
Family:Blechnaceae
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Bomarea salsilla
Family:Alstroemeriaceae
E | Boquila trifoliolata
Family:Lardizabalaceae
N | Brachystele unilateralis
Family:Orchidaceae
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This is a very nice
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