Myrtaceae FAMILY
Myrteola nummularia
Myrteola nummularia
Edibility
4/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Myrteola nummularia is a low-growing, evergreen shrub that spreads over the ground forming a carpet of growth around 10cm high[ 2147 Title Illustrations of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Falkland Islands Publication Author Vallentin E.F. & Cotton E.M. Publisher L. Reeve & Co., Ashford, Kent, UK Year 1921 ISBN Description Lovely coloured drawings of 64 species of plants with a notes on the plants, including some uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeWestern and southern S. America - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, central and southern Chile, southern Argentina, Falkland Islands.
HabitatRaised parts of bogs, especially with sphagnum[ 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. ]. Heaths and bogs, spreading over the ground amongst other plants[ 2147 Title Illustrations of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Falkland Islands Publication Author Vallentin E.F. & Cotton E.M. Publisher L. Reeve & Co., Ashford, Kent, UK Year 1921 ISBN Description Lovely coloured drawings of 64 species of plants with a notes on the plants, including some uses. ].