Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Dracophyllum muscoides Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 183 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | leaves usually 8-10mm long, sometimes smaller, imbricate, appresed, narrow, rigid, shiny, flowers solitary, 3-4mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |