Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia macmahonii Kirk trib. Astereae |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | leaves in rosettes at apex of branchlets, narrowly obovate, 2-3cm, coriaceous, densely brown-red sericeous, acute, capitula 2-3cm across, ligules 12-15mm long, oblong |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, cushion |
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 |
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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