Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Ourisia macrocarpa Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 197 (1853) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 300-2000m |
Description | rooting, leaves petiolate, broadly ovate, 5-15cm, coriaceous, cuneate to cordate, serrate, glabrous, inflorescence verticillate, bracts lanceolate, corolla 3cm |
Size | 15-45cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
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 (NZS New Zealand South) |