Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia hectori Hook.f. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl.: 135 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1500-2100m |
Description | leaves in rosette, linear, coriaceous, 15-20mm, adaxially white tomentose, abaxially white sericeous, entire, scape floccose-hirsute, capitula 2-3cm across, ligules tridentate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Elcismia hectori (Hook.f.) B.L.Rob. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |