Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Azorella crenata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. |
Bibliography | Syn. Pl. 1: 302 (1805) |
Native Range | nw. Venezuela to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3200-4600m |
Description | leaves crowded, petiolate, obovate, cuneate, acute-crenate, abaxially densely hirsute, petioles imbricate, umbels solitary, bracts of involucre linear-lanceolate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Azorella cladorrhiza (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Azorella crenata var. compacta (Phil.) Wedd. Azorella crenata var. mutisiana (Hieron. ex H.Wolff) Hieron. Azorella ecuadorensis Domin Azorella mutisiana Hieron. ex H.Wolff Azorella reniformis (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. Azorella vareschii Suesseng. & Launert Bolax cladorrhiza (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng. Bolax crenata (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng. Fragosa cladorrhiza Ruiz & Pav. Fragosa crenata Ruiz. & Pav. Fragosa glabra Lag. Fragosa reniformis Ruiz & Pav. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |