Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Kelleria laxa (Cheeseman) Heads |
Bibliography | Fl. Australia 18: 323 (1990) |
Native Range | e. Victoria, New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves linear to elliptic-oblong, 4-5mm long, ciliate, rounded apex with tuft of hairs, flowers 3-8, 2mm long, in clusters |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Drapetes dieffenbachii var. laxa Cheeseman Drapetes laxus (Cheeseman) Allan |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (VIC Victoria) 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |