Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Psychrophyton hectori (Hook.f.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Raoulia hectori Hook.f. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, 3-4mm, broadly ovate, obtuse to acuminate, in upper part silvery tomentose, in lower part glabrous, capitula ca. 4mm, involucral bracts straw-yellow |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, carpet |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
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 | ASTERACEAE
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