Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Ewartia catipes (DC.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 2: 238 (1910) |
Native Range | Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves imbricate, oblanceolate to spathulate, 5-7mm long, silvery-white hirsute, capitula 3-5, 6-7mm long, in cluster, bracts apically white |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rusty brown |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium catipes DC. Leontopodium catipes (DC.) F.Muell. Raoulia catipes (DC.) Hook.f. Raoulia tasmanica Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) |