Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia discolor Hook.f. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 123 (1852) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves in rosettes apically on branchlets, oblong to spathulate, remotely denticulate, grey-green adaxially, velvety white abaxially, capitula 2-3cm across |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Elcismia discolor (Hook.f.) B.L.Rob. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |