Bolax gummifera
| Bolax gummifera | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Evergreen Cross Pollinated | |
| Height: | 0.1' |
| Width: | 4' |
| Speed: | Slow |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Mid Summer |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Bolax gummifera
Propagation: Seed - it may be best to sow the seed as soon as it is ripe in a greenhouse and plant out in late spring. Stored seed should be sown in late winter in a greenhouse. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Division of rooting rosettes in the summer[1]
Cultivation: Requires a position in full sun in a well-drained gritty humus-rich soil[1][2].
A cushion plant up to 1.2m in diameter[3], it is often included in the genus Azorella[1]. Plants rarely flower in cultivation[1].
Dioecious. Male and female plants must be grown if seed is required.
Range: Southern S. America
Habitat: Cliffs and rocks, open scrub and heath, forest margins and clearings, feldmark, to 900 metres[3].
Edibility: Root - raw or roasted[3].
Medicinal: An oleo-resin obtained from incisions made at the base of the main stem is antispasmodic and deobstruent[4].
Usage: Plants can be used for ground cover, forming a very dense carpet of growth[5].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Wind: Tolerates strong winds
In Leaf: Evergreen
Flower Type: Dioecious
Also Known As: B. glebaria.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Brickell, Christopher. The RHS Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 1990.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Moore, David. Flora of Tierra del Fuego. Anthony Nelson, 1983.
- ↑ Grieve, Margaret. A Modern Herbal. Penguin, 1984.
- ↑ Thomas, Graham. Plants for Ground Cover. Everyman, 1990.