Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Argyrotegium nitidulum (Hook.f) J.M.Ward & Breitw. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | New Zealand J. Bot. 41: 609 (2003) |
Native Range | se. Australia, New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1000-1900m |
Description | leaves dense, imbricate, oblong to obovate, 1cm long, apically appressed brown hirsute, capitula solitary, ca. 7mm across, bracts membranous, translucent |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Euchiton nitidulus (Hook.f.) Anderb. Gnaphalium nitidulum Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, VIC Victoria) 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |