Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Kelleria dieffenbachii (Hook.) Endl. |
Bibliography | Gen. Pl., Suppl. 4(2): 61 (1848) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves 2,5-3,5mm long, narrow, imbricate, ciliate, apically densely penicillate, flowers 3-8, fragrant, to 3mm long, in clusters |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | creamy |
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 when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Daphnobryon tasmanicum (Hook.f.) Meisn. Drapetes dieffenbachii Hook. Drapetes macrantha Colenso Drapetes tasmanicus Hook.f. Kelleria tasmanica (Hook.f.) Domke |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania) 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |