Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Ourisia sessilifolia Hook.f. trib. Angelonieae |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 218 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | rooting, leaves spathulate, to 3cm long, finely dentate, long petiole white hirsute, flowers 1-4, 15-20mm long, outside glabrous, petals at base purple |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |