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Wiry Azorella

Azorella filamentosa

Wiry Azorella
Photo: Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0

Wiry Azorella is a low, cushion-forming subshrub from the Magellanic region and the Falkland Islands, grown rarely in cool-temperate gardens. It needs open, sharply drained ground and cool, moist-but-not-wet conditions.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; never let it sit in waterlogged soil.
Soil
Gritty, very well-drained soil or mineral-rich rock garden mix.
Temperature
Cool temperate; tolerates cold winters, dislikes prolonged heat and humidity.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Magellan Reg., Falkland Is.
Climate
temperate

About

Azorella filamentosa is a species of flowering plant in the genus Azorella existing in Chile and the Falkland Islands.

Other Azorella plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Azorella filamentosa 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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