Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia hectorii Hook.f. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl.: 149 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, 3-4mm, broadly ovate, obtuse to acuminate, in upper part silvery tomentose, in lower part glabrous, capitula ca. 4mm, involucral bracts straw-yellow |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Synonyms | Psychrophyton hectori (Hook.f.) Beauverd |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |