Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Pozoa coriacea Lag. |
Bibliography | Gen. Sp. Pl.: 13 (1816) |
Native Range | w. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-4000m |
Description | taproot, leaves long petiolate, orbiculate-cuneate, coarsely dentate, to 3cm long, scapes rigid, involucral bracts pale green, connate, incised-dentate, umbels 2-3cm wide |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Astrantia grandiflora Poepp. ex DC. Azorella coriacea (Lag.) Kuntze Azorella hydrocotylifolia (Bridges ex Gardner) Macloskie Bolax angulata C.Presl ex DC. Hacquetia bracteogama DC. Mulinum angulatum DC. Pozoa denticulata Meyen Pozoa hydrocotylifolia Bridges ex Gardner Pozoa rotundifolia Gay Pozoa subpeltata Chodat & Wilczek |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |