''Drimys andina'' is a species of flowering plant in family

Winteraceae Winteraceae is a primitive family of tropical trees and shrubs including 93 species in five genera. It is of particular interest because it is such a primitive angiosperm family, distantly related to Magnoliaceae, though it has a much more s ...

. It is native to

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

and

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

in southern South America.

Description

''Drimys andina'' is an evergreen shrub, which grows from .5 to one meter tall and as broad. The leaves are long, oval, and leathery. It flowers in summer, with white, star-shaped scented flowers growing in terminal clusters.''Drimys andina''
Royal Horticultural Society. Accessed 8 November 2022.

Range and habitat

''Drimys andina'' is native to central and southern Chile and southern Argentina. It is found in sub-alpine and sub-antarctic forests from 37°43’ to 41°34’ south latitude.Jara-Arancio P, Carmona MR, Correa C, Squeo FA, Arancio G. Leaf morphological and genetic divergence in populations of Drimys (Winteraceae) in Chile. Genet Mol Res. 2012 Feb 3;11(1):229-43. doi: 10.4238/2012.February.3.3. PMID: 22370890.

References

{{Taxonbar, from= Q5814283 andina Flora of South Argentina Flora of central Chile Flora of southern Chile