Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Lapageria is genus of flowering plants with only one species, Lapageria rosea,
commonly known as Chilean bellflower
or copihue. L.
rosea is the national flower of Chile. It grows in forests in the
southern part of Chile, being part of the Valdivian temperate rain forests
flora. Lapageria rosea is
related to Philesia magellanica,
another plant from the Valdivian flora. Source
