Bolax gummifera (Lam.) Spreng.

Balsam bog (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Bolax

Characteristics

A herb or small shrub. It keeps growing from year to year. It forms hard dense cushions. These can be 1.3 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.6
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Cliffs and rocks, open scrub and heath, forest margins and clearings, feldmark; at elevations up to 900 metres.
More
It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 3,500 m above sea level.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 4-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Kidney (unspecified), Sclerosis(Glands) (unspecified), Liver (unspecified)
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°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Bolax gummifera habit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Bolax gummifera world distribution map, present in Argentina, Chile, and Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60453420-2
WFO ID wfo-0000568230
COL ID 68MQ7
BDTFX ID 85469
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Azorella columnifer Azorella glebaria Azorella gummifera Bolax columnifer Caucalis gummifera Hydrocotyle gummifera Bolax glebaria Bolax complicatus Azorella caespitosa Bolax complicata Bolax glebaria Bolax gummifera