Escallonia rubra
species of plant
Escallonia rubra, called redclaws and red escallonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Escalloniaceae. It is native to southern Chile and neighboring areas of Argentina.
Description
Escallonia rubra is a spreading shrub usually 0.8 to 1.0 m tall, but can reach a height of 3.6 m. It features glossy, elliptical, serrate evergreen leaves. The upper side is glossy and dark green, while the lower side is much lighter. The bark is first red and rough-haired, which later turns brown and dotted, and eventually gray and cracked. The buds are scattered and oval with finely serrated edge on the outer half. The root system is stringy and somewhat weak in the first years. Later, strong main roots are formed, which lie high in the ground.
The pink to crimson trumpet-shaped flowers bloom in July to October in the Northern Hemisphere.
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