Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia lateralis Buchanan trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 4: 226 (1872) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves numerous, densely imbricate, ascendent, linear, 6-8mm, adaxially glabrous, glandular, acuminate to obtuse, capitula 1-2cm across, phyllaries lanceolate, ligules 1cm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Celmisia lateralis var. villosa Cheeseman Elcismia lateralis (Buchanan) B.L.Rob. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |