Accession Data

Escallonia rubra

Common Name: Red Escallonia

Family: Escalloniaceae

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.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8

Accession #: 199800047

Accession Date: 1998-05-07 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2116

Quantity: 2

Source: Heronswood

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid II

Order: Escalloniales

Family: Escalloniaceae

Flowering Data:

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References

  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.

Images

Escallonia rubra