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

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. It is a shrub or small tree native to the mountains of southern

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Description

''Drimys angustifolia'' is an evergreen shrub or small tree, typically growing from 2 to 4, and occasionally to 6, meters tall. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic or oblong to linear-lanceolate, typically 45 to 70 mm long by 8 to 15 mm wide, and occasionally up to 100 mm long and 25 mm wide. It flowers in January and February. The flowers are small and white, often single, more rarely 2 or 3 on short peduncles of 1–3 mm, with linear lanceolate petals 7–9 mm long and with 2–5 carpels.

Range and habitat

''Drimys angustifolia'' is endemic to southern Brazil, in the states of Santa Catarina and

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. It is found in subtropical montane shrubland on rocky or shallow soils between 800 and 1,400 meters elevation.

References

{{Taxonbar, from= Q17245797 angustifolia Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of the Atlantic Forest Flora of Santa Catarina (state) Flora of Rio Grande do Sul