Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Abrotanella caespitosa Petrie ex Kirk trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 24: 420 (1892) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves linear, 7-13mm, obtuse, margins narrowly scarious, at base hirsute, capitula subsessile, peduncles in fruit 1cm long, phyllaries oblong, obtuse |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |