Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Ourisia calycina Colenso trib. Angelonieae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 21: 97 (1889) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves distinctly petiolate, broadly ovate, 2-3cm, obtuse, adaxially dark green, basally crenate, inflorescence 11-15cm, flowers 3-9, pedicellate, calyx oblong |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Ourisia macrocarpa ssp. calycina (Colenso) Arroyo Ourisia macrocarpa var. calycina (Colenso) Cockayne |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |