Tessaria absinthioides
| Tessaria absinthioides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Tessaria |
| Species: | T. absinthioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Tessaria absinthioides | |
Tessaria absinthioides is a halophytic species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
While it prefers to grow along river beds,[1] it is extremely adaptable to many different environments, the most notable being the Atacama Desert. Here, in the Pampa del Tamarugal, the plant gains moisture almost exclusively through fog.[2][3][4]
It is also known as a compass plant.[1]
References
- ^ a b Wilhelm de Mösbach, Ernesto (1991). Botanica indigena de Chile (PDF). p. 111. ISBN 978-956-13-0970-8.
- ^ Straulino Mainou, Luisa; Correa-Lau, Jacqueline; Labarca, Rafael; Villavicencio, Natalia A.; Vivien G., Standen; Monsalve, Susana; Ugalde, Paula C.; Sedov, Sergey; Puig, Teresa Pi; Loredo-Jasso, Alan Ulises; Caro, Francisco J.; Jarpa, Gabriela M.; Hernández-Michaud, Patricia; Claudio, Latorre; Santoro, Calogero M. (2025). "Written in bones: palaeoclimate histotaphonomic history inferred from a complete Megatherium skeleton preserved in the Atacama Desert". Palaeontology. 68 (4): 3 – via Wiley Online Library.
- ^ "Tessaria absinthioides (Hook. & Arn.) DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
- ^ Pascual, Lourdes Inés; Real, Sebastián; Sosa-Lochedino, Arianna; Campo Verde Arbocco, Fiorella; Hapon, María Belén; Gamarra-Luques, Carlos (May 2, 2025). "Tessaria absinthioides (Hook. & Arn.) DC. Determines Inhibition of Tumor Growth and Metastasis In Vitro and In Vivo in Murine Melanoma". Plants (Basel, Switzerland). 14 (9): 1379. doi:10.3390/plants14091379. ISSN 2223-7747. PMC 12073114. PMID 40364408.