Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Kelleria lyallii (Hook.f.) Berggr. |
Bibliography | Minneskr. Fisiog. Sällsk. Lund 8: 20 (1878) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves 2-3mm long, ovate, oblong to triangular, ciliate, apically with tuft of hairs, flowers solitary or in clusters, narrowly campanulate |
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 when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Drapetes lyallii Hook.f. Drapetes muscoides Pers. Drapetes muscosus Hook.f. Kelleria dieffenbachii var. lyallii (Hook.f.) Meisn. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |