Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia haastii Hook.f. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl.: 131 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 700-2000m |
Description | leaves in rosette at apex of branchlets, 4-8cm, obovate, coriaceous, adaxially glabrous, pale green, abaxially sericeous, remotely denticulate, capitula 2-4cm across |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Elcismia haastii (Hook.f.) B.L.Rob. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |