Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
Genus species | Wahlenbergia pygmaea Colenso |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New. Zealand Inst. 31: 273 (1902) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves in rosettes, numerous, linear-spathulate, rounded, subentire, pale green, shiny, flowers solitary, pendent, calyx campanulate, deep green, corolla 15mm across |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pale blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 1 month, 18-24°C division in spring and fall; basal cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Wahlenbergia albomarginata var. pygmaea (Colenso) N.E.Br. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North) |