Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Bolax bovei (Speg.) Dusén |
Bibliography | Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8(Suppl. Bot.): 195 (1914) |
Native Range | Magellan Reg., Falkland Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves entire, elliptic, 2-3mm long, basally amplexicaule, flowers in compact umbel, achenes brown, oblong-ovoid |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | greenish yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Azorella bovei Speg. Azorella gummifera Poir. Bolax caespitosa Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |