''Conanthera'' is a genus of small

bulbous plants Bulb or Bulbs may refer to: Common uses * Bulb, a food-storage structure within some plants ** Ornamental bulb, a kind of perennial plant * Light bulb, an electric lamp Maritime * Bulb keel, a type of keel * Bulbous bow, a part that sticks ou ...

with small

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

s of blue, purple or white and purple flowers. Propagation is by offsets or seed. All species are native to

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, but there is an old 18th-Century report of ''C. bifolia'' occurring in colonial

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specimen collected some time between 1778 and 1788, type of ''C. bifolia'' cited by Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1802. Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 3: 68, ''Conanthera'' as well. This could possibly be attributed to changes in boundaries between the two countries, as modern sources list the species as

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. ;Species # '' Conanthera bifolia'' Ruiz & Pav. - from Valparaíso to La Araucanía # '' Conanthera campanulata'' Lindl. - from Antofagasta to La Araucanía # '' Conanthera parvula'' (Phil.) Muñoz-Schick - from Valparaíso to La Araucanía # ''

Conanthera trimaculata ''Conanthera'' is a genus of small bulbous plants with small panicles of blue, purple or white and purple flowers. Propagation is by offsets or seed. All species are native to Chile, but there is an old 18th-Century report of ''C. bifolia'' ...

'' (D.Don) F.Meigen - central Chile # '' Conanthera urceolata'' Ravenna - Atacama

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External links

pacificbulbsociety.org
Asparagales genera Flora of Chile {{Asparagales-stub