Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Bolax gummifera (Lam.) Poir. |
Bibliography | Sp. Umbell.: 10 (1818) |
Native Range | s. Argentina to s. Chile, Falkland Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 0-3500m |
Description | leaves 6mm long, long petiolate, trifid to deeply trilobate, segments ovate to linear-lanceolate, flowers 3-20 in umbel, achenes brown, hirsute, ovoid |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | greenish white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Azorella caespitosa Vahl Azorella columnifera (Gand.) M.Hiroe Azorella glebaria A.Gray Azorella gummifera (Lam.) Poir. Bolax columnifera Gand. Bolax complicata Spreng. Bolax glebaria Comm. ex Gaudich. Bolax gummifera (Lam.) Spreng. Caucalis gummifera (Lam.) Lag. Hydrocotyle gummifera Lam. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |