Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia spedenii G.Simpson trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 75: 200 (1945) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves linear, coriaceous, rigid, 5-10cm long, adaxially canaliculate, grey hirsute, abaxially white tomentose, elongate, acute, capitula 2-4cm across, ligules 1cm long |
Size | 6-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |