Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Coprosma depressa Colenso ex Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 110 (1852) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | branchlets rooting, leaves broadly ovate to obovate, 5-10mm long, nearly brown-green, weakly shiny, fruit globular, 5-6mm, scarlet-red |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Synonyms | Coprosma pubens Petrie Coprosma ramulosa Petrie |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |