Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Dracophyllum pubescens Cheeseman |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | montane-subalpine |
Description | branchlets dark russet, leaves crowded at apex of branchlets, coriaceous, glaucous, subglabrous, acute, pungent, flowers 3-5 in spikes at lateral branchlets |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory |
Australasia
New Zealand (New Zealand South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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