Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Wahlenbergia pygmaea Colenso |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves in rosettes, numerous, linear-spathulate, rounded, subentire, pale green, shiny, flowers solitary, pendent, calyx campanulate, deep green, corolla 15mm across |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C basal cuttings in spring |
Territory |
Australasia
New Zealand (New Zealand North) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CAMPANULACEAE
pygmaea drucei J.A.Petterson, New Zealand J. Bot. 35(1): 44 (1997)
pygmaea tararua J.A.Petterson, ibid.
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