Azorella

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Azorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Subfamily: Hydrocotyloideae
Genus: Azorella
Lam.
Species

including:

  • Azorella caespitosa
  • Azorella compacta
  • Azorella diapensioides
  • Azorella filamentosa
  • Azorella fuegiana
  • Azorella gummifera
  • Azorella lycopodioides
  • Azorella pedunculata
  • Azorella selago
  • Azorella trifurcata
  • Azorella yareta
Synonyms

Azorella is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to South America, New Zealand and the islands of the Southern Ocean. The genus is sometimes placed in family Apiaceae.

They are low-growing dwarf mat-forming plants growing in high exposure on mountains and subantarctic coasts; with great age they may form rounded mounds of foliage up to 1 m high but are usually less than 10 cm high. Several species are grown as ornamental plants in rock gardens.

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