Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Colobanthus masonae L.B.Moore |
Bibliography | Fl. N. Zeal. [H.H.B.Allan] 1: 211 (1961) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | taproot, leaves soft, patent, shortly pale vaginate, narrowly oblong, with very wide colourless margins, pedicels short, flowers ca. 5mm long, sepals 5, broadly triangular |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | |
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. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |