Azorella filamentosa Lam.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Azorella

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 10 cm tall. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are 3-8 mm long by 1-3 mm wide. They are rolled at the edges and hard. There are 3-10 flowers in a group. The fruit is   long by 1 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.13
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Gravels, rocks and peat, scrub and grassland from sea level to 100 metres. It extends northwards as far as latitude 51°south Bogs in the lower alpine region. Usually found up to the lower alpine region, occasionally to the alpine.
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It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 900 m above sea level.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Azorella filamentosa world distribution map, present in Argentina, Chile, and Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30132659-2
WFO ID wfo-0000558077
COL ID K5SQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Azorella filamentosa Azorella integrifolia Bolax integrifolius Chamitis integrifolia Azorella chamitis Bolax filamentosus Azorella filamentosa f. maritima