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Azorella diapensioides

Azorella diapensioides is a low, cushion-forming subshrub from the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia, related to the carrot family. It is a specialist alpine plant rarely grown outside its native mountains, so care is best judged from its high-altitude habitat.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the surface dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Gritty, very free-draining mineral mix with added grit or sand.
Temperature
Cool to mild, tolerant of cold nights; protect from prolonged heat above 30 °C and hard freezes below -10 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Peru to Bolivia
Climate
montane tropical

About

Azorella diapensioides is a species of flowering plant in the genus Azorella found in Peru and Bolivia.

Other Azorella plants

Azorella albovaginata · Azorella ameghinoi · Azorella aretioides · Azorella atacamensis · Yareta · Wiry Azorella · Azorella fuegiana · Cushion Azorella · Azorella monteroi · Macquarie Island Cabbage · Azorella schizeilema · Cushion Azorella

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Azorella diapensioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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