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3 Llareta or Balsam Bog (Bolax gummifera);

4 Flowers of Murta or Prickly Heath (Gaultheria mucronata), Torres del Paine national park;

5 Campanilla or Streaked Maiden (Olsynium biflorum), Torres del Paine national park

A number of semi-parasitic shrubs are found on the branches of Northofagus trees, all (rather confusingly) known as Farolito chino in Chile. These include the yellowish Misodendrum punctulatum and the green Misodendrum linearifolium. Both have shaggy, beard-like appendages, longer in the latter species and forming a distinctive sight on Northofagus trees in the area.

Lago Toro and Mata Barrosa (Mulinum Spinosum) from near Puente Weber (Walk 4)

The Calafate or Palo amarillo (Berberis microphylla) is a large, bushlike shrub found in and around the park, on scrub and steppe as well as in areas of Northofagus forest. The deep bluish berries are edible, and are used to make jam as well as a liqueur (which you’ll find for sale in plenty of shops in Puerto Natales). There is a saying here, that whoever eats Calafate berries will one day return to Patagonia (well, it worked for me). The flowers are small and yellow. Not to be confused with the Calafate is the Prickly Heath or Murta (Gaultheria mucronata), which has small belllike white flowers and red berries, or the Diddle-Dee or Murtilla de magallanes (Empetrum rubrum), which has tiny fleshy leaves and reddish berries that darken as they ripen. Both these species are found in areas of scrub as well as Northofagus forest.