Leontochir is a tuberous genus in the Alstroemeriaceae family with one species from Chile. It is very similar to Alstroemeria.
Leontochir ovallei photographed by Jane McGary in a canyon near Carrizal Bajo, Chile, in October 2002. It is endangered in the wild, where it is eaten by indigenous guanacos and introduced goats, especially the latter; plants survive by growing up through spiny shrubs and, as here, in rocky cliffs of the Coast Range, in a very arid climate subject to marine fogs.
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