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Phrodus microphyllus Miers

Type: Chile, prov. Coquimbo, v.s. in Herb. Hook., in Herb. Lindl. (holotype: K, isotype: P)

Geographical Region: South America

Distribution: CHILE: Atacama, Coquimbo

Habit: erect, spineless

Shrub height: 0.5- m

Leaf characteristics:

Leaf Pubescence: pubescent
Leaf Length: 2-8 mm

Calyx characteristics:

Calyx Tube Length: 8-11mm
Calyx Lobe Length: equal to the tube, less frequently shorter or longer

Corolla characteristics:

Corolla Color: lilac, white
Flower Shape: broadly infundibuliform
Corolla Tube Length: 19-22 mm
Corolla Lobe Length:5-8 times shorter than the tube

Filament Pubescence: densely pubescent near their basis downward

Fruit characteristics:

Fruit Type: berry
Fruit Shape: globose
Fruit Length: 8-15 mm diameter