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are low-growing cushions or mats, with small overlapping leaves, and flowers with short or no stems, appearing within or just above the leaves. The flowers are typical of those of the
Solanaceae (nightshade family), being tubular with five free lobes at the end. Most species have white or pale yellow
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species are found in treeless areas of open countryside, ranging from low-lying areas of central
Patagonia to areas above 1,000 m (3,300 ft). Most receive 20–40 cm (8–16 in) of rain a year. Only
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820:Taxa named by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini
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815:Flora of southern South America
266:accepts the following species:
227:", was completed in that year.
538:, Patagonian cushion plants",
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358:Benthamiella pycnophylloides
486:, Missouri Botanical Garden
403:The genus is found only in
333:Benthamiella nordenskioldii
225:Bentham & Hooker system
196:Benthamiella nordenskioldii
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388:Benthamiella spegazziniana
239:Benthamiella spegazziniana
368:Benthamiella skottsbergii
303:Benthamiella graminifolia
283:Benthamiella azorelloides
215:, whose great work (with
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16:Genus of flowering plants
399:Distribution and habitat
293:Benthamiella chubutensis
211:. The name commemorates
172:of plants in the family
534:Erskine, P.J. (2004), "
348:Benthamiella patagonica
323:Benthamiella longifolia
262:As of April 2015,
41:Benthamiella patagonica
452:B. nordenskioldii
428:B. nordenskioldii
341:B. nordenskjoldii
209:Carlo Luigi Spegazzini
378:Benthamiella sorianoi
273:Benthamiella azorella
233:Benthamiella azorella
558:"Search results for
277:(Skottsb.) C.Soriano
217:Joseph Dalton Hooker
313:Benthamiella lanata
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448:B. longifolia
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686:iNaturalist
619:Wikispecies
438:Cultivation
432:alpine zone
184:Description
92:Angiosperms
805:Solanaceae
799:Categories
704:30022101-2
571:2015-04-25
546:(1): 38–43
516:(1): 16–21
490:2015-04-26
462:References
417:Santa Cruz
174:Solanaceae
138:Solanaceae
409:Argentina
405:Patagonia
392:C.Soriano
372:C.Soriano
317:C.Soriano
297:C.Soriano
178:Patagonia
128:Solanales
62:Kingdom:
769:40026593
764:Tropicos
604:Wikidata
484:Tropicos
382:S.Arroyo
307:Skottsb.
203:Taxonomy
134:Family:
118:Asterids
105:Eudicots
717:1064503
665:7299882
652:5704348
610:Q144660
258:Species
248:stamens
144:Genus:
124:Order:
66:Plantae
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480:Speg."
712:IRMNG
413:Chile
362:Speg.
352:Speg.
327:Speg.
287:Speg.
170:genus
168:is a
155:Speg.
112:Clade
99:Clade
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725:NCBI
699:IPNI
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