What is Lasthenia kunthii?
{{italictitle}} {{automatic taxobox |name = Lasthenia kunthii |image = Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica (Pl. 025) (8619515730).jpg |taxon = Lasthenia |species = kunthii |authority = |subdivision = }} '''''Lasthenia kunthii''''' (vernacular name ''ranca'')<ref>González Valenzuela, H 2018. Rancagua en la Historia</ref><ref>[[Hugo Gunckel Lüer|H.Gunckel]] Nombres Indigenas de Pl.chilenas</ref>) is a herb of Central [[Chile]], first gathered in Rancagua. It lives in flooded places, for example lagoons and grasslands with large amounts of salt. It lives in [[Chile]], mostly between Coquimbo and Valdivia, but people have also seen it in Ultima Esperanza (Magallanes Region<ref>E. DOMÍNGUEZ & A. ELVEBAKK. 2003. Ampliación del área de distribución de Lasthenia kunthii (Less.) Hook. et Arn. (Asteraceae: Heleniae) en Chile. [http://www.chlorischile.cl< Chloris Chilensis] Año 6. Nº 2.</ref>) and in the provinces of Chubut and Río Negro, [[Argentina]]. == Classification == Lasthenia kunthii Hook.et Arn. (syn. L. obtusifolia Cass.,<ref>[[Luisa Eugenia Navas|Navas LE]] Fl Cuenca de Santiago vol 3</ref>) == References == {{reflist}} {{wikispecies}} {{taxonbar|from=Q15597937}} [[Category:Asteraceae]]