Adesmia microphylla, pahuen, is a common shrub in Coastal Chilean Matorral of Central Chile, 400 to 1000 masl., associates with Proustia pungens and Lithrea caustica. This species was merged as A. arborea, a taxon including A. confusa Ulibarri, a distinctive plant with flowers over brachyblasts. The flowers of A. microphylla appear over spines.[2]
Adesmia microphylla | |
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Adesmia microphylla flowers and leaves | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Adesmia |
Species: | A. microphylla |
Binomial name | |
Adesmia microphylla Hook. & Arn.[1] | |
As livestock forage.[2]
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