Philesia is a South American genus of flowering plants in the monocot family Philesiaceae first described as a genus in 1789. The native name is Coicopihue.
There is only one known species in this genus, Philesia magellanica, which is native to southern Chile (from Los RÃÂos to Magallanes regions) and southern Argentina. This species is, unusually for a monocot, a suckering shrub, growing to tall and spreading by stolons. The leaves are linear, 15âÂÂ35 mm long and 3âÂÂ8 mm broad, glossy green above, and with two white stomatal bands below. The flowers have six tepals, the outer three short, 15âÂÂ22 mm long, the inner three long, 45âÂÂ65 mm long; they are mostly pink, but some darker, more purple variations have been recorded.