Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia laricifolia Hook.f. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 2: 331 (1855) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves very narrowly linear, 10-15mm, abaxially thinly white tomentose, at apex tipped with fine awn, capitula 1-2cm across, phyllaries subulate, ligules few |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aster laricifolius (Hook.f.) F.Muell. Elcismia laricifolia (Hook.f.) B.L.Rob. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |