Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Chaerophyllum andicola (Kunth.) K.F.Chung |
Bibliography | Syst. Bot. 32: 677 (2007) |
Native Range | Costa Rica to n. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | hirsute, basal leaves long petiolate, tripinnatifid, segments acute, umbels long pedunculate, bracts of involucre numerous, oblong-lanceolate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white-rose |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in spring |
Synonyms | Caldasia andicola Lag. ex DC. Caldasia brachycarpa Hook.f. Caldasia chaerophyllaea DC. Caldasia chaerophyllaea var. glabriuscula DC. Caldasia chaerophyllaea var. hirsuta DC Caldasia chaerophylloides Lag. Caldasia daucoides Hook.f. Caldasia eriopus DC. Caldasia lasiopetala Lag. ex DC. Myrrhis andicola Kunth Oreomyrrhis andicola (Lag. ex DC.) Hook.f. Oreomyrrhis andicola var. tomentosa Wedd. Oreomyrrhis andina Hemsl. Oreomyrrhis brachycarpa Hook.f. Oreomyrrhis daucoides Urb. Oreomyrrhis lasiopetala A.Gray |
Territory | 8 Southern America 80 Central America (COS Costa Rica) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGW Argentina Northwest) |