Tessaria absinthioides

Tessaria absinthioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tessaria
Species:
T. absinthioides
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, 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.

It is also known as a compass plant.

References

  1. 1 2 Wilhelm de Mösbach, Ernesto (1991). Botanica indigena de Chile (PDF). p. 111. ISBN 978-956-13-0970-8.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Tessaria absinthioides (Hook. & Arn.) DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2026-03-02.
  4. ↑ 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.