Family | STYLIDIACEAE |
Genus species | Forstera sedifolia G.Forst. |
Bibliography | Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 3: 184 (1780) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | rooting, leaves sessile, coriaceous, semiamplexicaule, ovate, obtuse, margins pale, cartilagineous, peduncles thin, 1-2-flowered, flowers 12-15mm across, lobes oblong |
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 in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Athecia glabra Gaertn. Forstera glabra Gaertn. Forstera sedifolia var. oculata Cheeseman Phyllachne sedifolia (G.Forst.) F.Muell. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |