Mutisia ilicifolia
| Mutisia ilicifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Mutisia |
| Species: | M. ilicifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Mutisia ilicifolia | |
Mutisia ilicifolia is a climbing vine in the daisy family (Compositae or Asteraceae) and native to Chile. Its leaves are unique in being holly-like but almost square, with a lengthy tendril at the end of each leaf. Each daisy head has eight pink ray florets.[1]
References
- ^ Everard, Barbara; Morley, Brian D. (1970). Wild Flowers of the World. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. Plate 186.