Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Coprosma petriei Cheeseman |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 18: 316 (1886) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | branchlets covered with oval, dark green, hirsute leaves, flowers unisexual, fruit pale blue or purplish, globular, 6-8mm wide |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | insignificant |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Synonyms | Coprosma petriei var. vera Cockayne & Allan |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |