''Francoa'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Francoaceae, which consists of herbaceous perennial plant, perennials endemism, endemic to Chile. Plants may grow up to one metre high and produce basal clumps of round, deeply lobed, dark green, fuzzy leaves with winged leafstalks. Compact racemes of small, cup-shaped flowers, which are pink with red markings, appear in summer and early fall.
Plants of the World Online, Plants of the world online recognise this genus as monotypic, with ''Francoa appendiculata'' as the only species. The Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile recognise the varieties ''Francoa appendiculata Cav. var. appendiculata, Francoa appendiculata Cav. var. ramosa (D. Don) Rolfe'' and ''Francoa appendiculata Cav. var. sonchifolia (Cav.) Rolfe.''
Species
* ''Francoa alba''
* ''Francoa appendiculata''
* ''Francoa glabrata''
* ''Francoa lyrata''
* ''Francoa ramosa''
* ''Francoa rupestris''
* ''Francoa sonchifolia'' (Bridal wreath)
References
Francoa,
Endemic flora of Chile
Geraniales genera
Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles
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