Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Azorella diapensioides A.Gray |
Bibliography | U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 702 (1854) |
Native Range | Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4400m |
Description | glabrous, light green, leaves entire, linear, apically with sharp spine, about 7mm long, long petiolate, flowers 5-8 in sessile umbel, bracts of involucre connate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | greenish yellow |
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 diapensioides var. denticulata Wedd. Azorella diapensioides var. glabra Wedd. Azorella glabra Wedd. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |