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'''''Nolana''''' ('''Chilean Bell Flower''') is a genus of [[annual plant|hard annual]] or [[perennial plant]]s in the [[Solanaceae|Nightshade]] [[family (biology)|family]], which is native of costal areas in [[Chile]] and [[Peru]].
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Nolana (from nola, a little bell; referring to the shape of the corolla). Nolanaceae. Prostrate annual herbs with showy blue flowers opening only in sunshine, valued chiefly for covering poor or rocky places.
 
Nolana (from nola, a little bell; referring to the shape of the corolla). Nolanaceae. Prostrate annual herbs with showy blue flowers opening only in sunshine, valued chiefly for covering poor or rocky places.
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==Varieties==
 
==Varieties==
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There are a number of [[synonymy|synonyms]] for ''Nolana'': ''Alibrexia'', ''Aplocarya'', ''Bargemontia'', ''Dolia'', ''Gubleria'', ''Leloutrea'', ''Neudorfia'', ''Osteocarpus'', ''Pachysolen'', ''Periloba'', ''Rayera'', ''Sorema'', ''Teganium'', ''Tula'', ''Velpeaulia'', ''Walberia'', and ''Zwingera''.
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Select species included:
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*''[[Nolana acuminata]]''
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*''[[Nolana tenella]]''
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*''[[Nolana atriplicifolia]]''
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*''[[Nolana crassulifolia]]''
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*''[[Nolana humifusa]]''
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*''[[Nolana prostrata]]''
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*''[[Nolana rupicola]]''
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*''[[Nolana sedifolia]]''
    
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==