Fabiana Pirro
Fabiana may refer to: * ''Fabiana'' (plant), a genus of evergreen shrubs ** ''Fabiana imbricata'' * Fabiana (name) Fabiana is a feminine given name of ...

Fabiana (plant)
''Fabiana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America. They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resemble those of the distantly related heaths. The species '' F. imbricata'' is cultivated as a common horticultural plant and a common herbarium specimen. Distribution and habitat Members of the genus grow within 16◦ and 51◦ latitude in the arid mountainous regions of South America between 1000–4900 m above sea level. Pharmacology The genus ''Fabiana'' has been studied by ethnopharmacologists due to the use of extracts from species within the genus in traditional South American medicine. The plants are employed as an antiseptic, anti-inflammatory (through infusions and decoctions), as well as to set broken bones using the resin exuding foliage and branches. European researchers have per ...
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Fabiana Imbricata
''Fabiana imbricata'', vernacular names pichi or false heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to dry upland slopes in the foothills of the southern Andes of Chile and Argentina. Growing to tall and wide, it is a frost-hardy, heath-like evergreen mound-forming shrub. It has needle-like leaves and small white, tubular flowers in early summer. The upright form ''F. imbricata'' f. ''violacea'', of horticultural origin, bears masses of pale violet flowers. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Description ''Fabiana imbricata'' is a long-lived shrub distributed via seeds, and broadly distributed within South America. Fire and wind, followed by post-fire high precipitation in the early spring are requirements for successful ''F. imbricata'' shrub requirement. Furthermore, ''F. imbricata'' is a keystone species within these ecosystems, reducing species richness while simultaneously increasing fuel load during grassland ...
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