Apiaceae

Balsam bog

Bolax gummifera (Lam.) Spreng.

Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Bolax

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Balsam bog: This is the surface of a Chareta plant, which forms mounds (maybe 30-50cm tall) where I saw it in Tierra del Fuego. — Photo: Esb, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Balsam bog
Spanish: Chareta

Synonyms

Azorella caespitosa Vahl
Azorella columnifer (Gand.) M.Hiroe
Azorella glebaria A.Gray
Bolax columnifer Gand.
Bolax complicata Spreng.
Bolax complicatus Spreng.
Bolax glebaria Comm. ex Gaudich.
Bolax glebaria Comm. ex Lam.
Caucalis gummifera (Lam.) Lag.
Hydrocotyle gummifera Lam.

Photos

Photo: Esb, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Giovanni Scarmoncin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: mila16, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Esb, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Gaya Mercè, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Marie Lacharme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Esb, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.