Apiaceae FAMILY
Azorella lycopodioides
Azorella lycopodioides
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Azorella lycopodioides is a low-growing, mat-forming perennial plant[ 330 Title ChileFlora Publication Author Website http://www.chileflora.com/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Not realy a flora, but a lovely site with lots of helpful information for the gardener and an abundance of excellent photos covering over 2,000 species of Chilean plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeSouthern S. America - central and southern Chile, Falkland Islands.
HabitatGravels, 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[ 69 Title Flora of Tierra del Fuego. Publication Author Moore. D. M. Publisher Anthony Nelson. Year 1983 ISBN 0-904614-05-0 Description Standard work for this part of S. America. Excellent details of habitat and a few notes on plant uses. ].