Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Azorella aretioides (Kunth) Willd. ex DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 4: 77 (1830) |
Native Range | Costa Rica, Colombia to n. Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1800-4600m |
Description | glabrous, leaves oblong to obovate, 4-17mm, shiny and coriaceos, deeply incissed into three oblong, acute lobes, amplexicaule, flowers 5-8 in subsessile umbel |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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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 aretioides var. elongata Wedd. Bolax aretioides Spreng. Fragosa aretioides Kunth |
Territory | 8 Southern America 80 Central America (COS Costa Rica) 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |