Family | STYLIDIACEAE |
Genus species | Phyllachne colensoi (Hook.f.) Berggr. |
Bibliography | Minneskr. Fysiog. Sällks. Lund 8: 11 (1877) |
Native Range | Tasmania, New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves 4mm, basally compressed, apically linear, imbricate, coriaceous, more or less shiny, dark green, flowers 4mm across, shortly tubular, lobes patent, ovate-oblong |
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, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helophyllum colensoi Hook.f. Helophyllum muscoides Colenso |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (TAS Tasmania) 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |