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Accession Data:

Escallonia rubra (Ruiz & Pav) Pers.

  • Common Name: Red Escallonia
  • Family: Escalloniaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: Chile

  • Description: This Chilean species has flowers of a deeper color and firmer texture than any other species, and is the dominant parent of most hybrid escallonias. Always shrubby and multi-stemmed, it varies greatly in the wild in stature as well as in leaves and flowers, and several forms have been introduced to gardens. Some shrubs are delicate and small, with small leaves and arching sprays of flowers with narrow red tubes and pale pink, recurved tips. Escallonia rubra var. macrantha is a vigorous, large shrub up to 10 ft (3 m) tall with succulent, glossy leaves and tight clusters of white to pink and sometimes crimson flowers.

  • USDA Zone: 8

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800047
  • Source: Heronswood
  • Accession Date: 05-07-1998
  • Bench: 2116 - MED:Mattoral B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-12-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid II
  • Order: Escalloniales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Escalloniaceae
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Argentina South / Chile Central / Chile South

References (external):

  1. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997 (CD-ROM version)
  2. Musial, Kathy; An Introduction to the Geography, Climate, and Flora of Chile; Pacific Horticulture, October 2011. Accessed 20 March 2015.
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, October 06, 2016.
  4. Escallonia rubra at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Thursday, October 06, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:15:05 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Escalloniaceae

  • Escallonia rubra
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