Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Azorella pedunculata (Spreng.) Mathias & Constance |
Bibliography | Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 172 (1955) |
Native Range | sw. Colombia to Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4600m |
Description | leaves shiny, coriaceous, spathulate, to 10mm long, deeply 3-5lobate, segments spinose, usually glabrous, flowers 10-20 in umbel |
Size | 4-5cm |
Color | yellowish |
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 peduncularis (Kunth) Wedd. Bolax pedunculata Spreng. Bolax pilifera Turcz. Pectophytum pedunculare Kunth |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |