Nierembergia rivularis

Nierembergia rivularis, the whitecup or water neirembergia, is a species of ornamental plant in the Solanaceae^[1] family. The species is also commonly known as chuscho.^[2]

Whitecup
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Nierembergia
Species:	N. rivularis
Binomial name
Nierembergia rivularis Miers

It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay.^[3]

It has caused enzootic calcinosis in sheep in Uruguay.^[4]: 449

References

1. Wood, John (1884). Hardy perennials and old-fashioned garden flowers: Describing the most desirable plants for borders, rockcries, and shrubberies, and including both foliage and flowering plants. University of Michigan: L.U. Gill. p. 182. Nierembergia rivularis.
2. Santos, Carmen García y; Pereira, Rodrigo; Etcheberry, Gabriel; Goyen, Juan M.; Pérez, William; Capelli, Alejandra; Alonso, Eduardo; Ruiz-Díaz, Alejandro; Riet-Correa, Franklin (March 2012). "Enzootic calcinosis caused by Nierembergia rivularis in sheep". Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 24 (2): 423–426. doi:10.1177/1040638711435143. ISSN 1040-6387. PMID 22379059. S2CID 10059199.
3. "Nierembergia rivularis Miers | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
4. Riet-Correa, Franklin (2011). Poisoning by Plants, Mycotoxins, and Related Toxins. CABI. ISBN 978-1-84593-833-8.