Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Ourisia caespitosa Hook.f. trib. Angelonieae |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 197 (1853) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | rooting, leaves 1cm, broadly spathulate, crowded, hirsute, shortly petiolate, flowers in pairs, 2cm long, corolla with broad lobes |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |