Azorella lycopodioides Gaudich.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Azorella

Characteristics

A herb or small shrub. It keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 30 cm long. The leaves are 5-10 mm long and do not have stalks. The leaves have 3 parts. The fruit is 2 mm long by 1.5 mm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Gravels, rocks and peats in Magellanic moorland, feldmark, dwarf shrub heath and open scrub from sea level to 1,000 metres. The range extends northwards as far as latitude 36° 30´south.
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It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 2,500 m above sea level.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses -
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°) -15
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:838604-1
WFO ID wfo-0000558101
COL ID K5TG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Azorella clandestina Azorella laevigata Azorella lycopodioides Azorella nervosa Azorella philippii Azorella triscuspidata Azorella vaginata Bolax lycopodioides Azorella lycopodioides var. chilensis Azorella lycopodioides var. compacta Azorella lycopodioides var. vaginata Azorella lycopodioides var. lycopodioides