Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Psychrophyton rubrum (Buchanan) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae |
Synonyms | Raoulia rubra Buchanan |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | leaves 2-4mm long, obovate-spathulate, rounded to truncate, at apex long hirsute, capitula 3mm across, discoid, involucral bracts with white tip |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | red |
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, 13-20°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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