Today, about a half million of them farm crowded plots, mostly in the southern part of central Chile.
It is known from one location in central Chile.
For at least 12,000 years, numerous indigenous peoples settled in central and southern Chile.
Endemic to southern and central Chile, this genus is represented by four described species.
It has terrestrial habits and is endemic to coastal central Chile.
In central Chile this species is used as an ornamental.
In central Chile it is often young local boys who set fires to watch the teams come out and fight the fire.
Many of the plants are native to an area of endangered forest in central Chile.
Most recently, the boundary ruptured in 2010 in central Chile.
Those in what became central Chile were more settled and more likely to use irrigation.