Metharme lanata

Metharme lanata is a species of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae. It is the sole species in genus Metharme. It is a perennial herb endemic to the Arica y Parinacota and Tarapacá regions of northern Chile, where it grows in deserts and dry shrublands in high elevations.^[1][2]

Metharme lanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Zygophyllales
Family:	Zygophyllaceae
Genus:	Metharme Phil. ex Engl. (1890)
Species:	M. lanata
Binomial name
Metharme lanata Phil. ex Engl. (1890)