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Cushion Azorella

Azorella macquariensis

Cushion Azorella
Photo: Nick Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Macquarie Is.
Climate
temperate

About

Azorella macquariensis, also known as Macquarie azorella or Macquarie cushions, is a species of cushion plant endemic to Australia’s subantarctic Macquarie Island. It was referred to the more widely distributed Azorella selago until 1989, when it was described as a separate species.

Other Azorella plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Azorella macquariensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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