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Cushion Azorella

Azorella selago

Cushion Azorella
Photo: Nweider, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Magellan Reg., Subantarctic Is.
Climate
temperate

About

Azorella selago is a species of cushion plant native to the sub-Antarctic islands of the Southern Ocean, including the Crozet Islands, the Possession Islands, the Heard Island and McDonald Islands, the Kerguelen Islands, and the Prince Edward Islands. The closely related Azorella macquariensis, which is endemic to Macquarie Island, was split from it taxonomically in 1989. A. selago is often a keystone species where it occurs and is well studied for its contribution to its native ecosystems.

Other Azorella plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Azorella selago 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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