Lasthenia kunthii

Lasthenia kunthii (vernacular name ranca)González Valenzuela, H 2018. Rancagua en la HistoriaH.Gunckel Nombres Indigenas de Pl.chilenas) is a herb of Central Chile, first gathered in Rancagua.

It lives in flooded places, for example lagoons and grasslands with large amounts of salt. It lives in Chile, mostly between Coquimbo and Valdivia, but people have also seen it in Ultima Esperanza (Magallanes RegionE. DOMÍNGUEZ &  A. ELVEBAKK. 2003. Ampliación del área de distribución de Lasthenia kunthii (Less.) Hook. et Arn. (Asteraceae: Heleniae) en Chile. < Chloris Chilensis Año 6. Nº 2.) and in the provinces of Chubut and Río Negro, Argentina.

 Classification 

Lasthenia kunthii Hook.et Arn.
(syn.
L. obtusifolia Cass.,Navas LE Fl Cuenca de Santiago vol 3)

 References 

Category:Asteraceae