Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Azorella julianii Mathias & Constance |
Bibliography | Fieldiana, Bot. 28: 445 (1952) |
Native Range | nw. Venezuela to Colombia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3700-4200m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, obovate to ovate, 10-20mm, apically with 10 or more shallow teeth, margins ciliate, flowers ca. 10 in umbel, surrounded by linear, acute involucral bracts |
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 |
Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia) |