Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Azorella compacta Phil. |
Bibliography | Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 8: 28 (1891) |
Native Range | s. Peru to nw. Argentina and n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-5200m |
Description | leaves in solid rosettes, sessile, ovate, coriaceous, 4mm long, crenate, flowers in umbel of five, with short involucre of 5-7 bracts |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | lavender-blue, pink |
Bloom | 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 columnaris H.Wolff Azorella prismatoclada Domin Azorella yareta Hauman Laretia compacta (Phil.) Reiche Laretia yareta (Hauman) Mathias & Constance |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGW Argentina Northwest, CLN Chile North) |