Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leptinella atrata (Hook.f.) D.G.Lloyd & C.J.Webb trib. Anthemideae |
Synonyms | Cotula atrata Hook.f. |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1200-2000m |
Description | stems densely glandular-pubescent, leaves in outline narrowly obovate, thick, carnose, pinnate, ultimate segments very small, linear, capitula 10-15 across, ligules absent |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | velvety black |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C division in early spring and fall; 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
trata luteola D.G.Lloyd, New Zealand J. Bot. 10(2): 350 (1972)
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