Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Myrsine nummularia Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 184 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves crowded, obovate to suborbiculate, 4-10mm, coriaceous, flowers small, 1-several, axillary, tetramerous, fruit spherical, 5-6mm broad, blue-purple |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 21-24°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Rapanea nummularia (Hook.f.) W.R.B.Oliv. Suttonia nummularia Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |