Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia youngii (Hook.f.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 4: 47 (1912) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves ovate-oblong, 3-7mm long, densely white lanate, capitula to 15mm across, phyllaries with white tip |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
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, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helichrysum youngii (Hook.f.) Anderb. Gnaphalium youngii Hook.f. Psychrophyton youngii (Hook.f.) Beauverd |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |