Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Aciphylla crosby-smithii Petrie |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 47: 48 (1915) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1400-1700m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, to 15cm wide and 20cm high, pinnate, segments 2-3-pairs, linear-oblong with yellow margins, sharply mucronate, compound umbels in globular head |
Size | 20-30cm |
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 |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |