Rock Garden Plants
Leucogenes grandiceps (Hook.f.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesLeucogenes grandiceps (Hook.f.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae
BibliographyBull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 2: 243 (1910)
Native RangeNew Zealand
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocks
Descriptionleaves imbricate, patent, 5-10mm long, apiculate, at base 3-5-nerved, obovate-cuneate, appresed white hirsute, bracts of involucre lanate, producing star
Size10-15cm
Colorwhite
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsGnaphalium grandiceps Hook.f.
Helichrysum grandiceps (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Territory5 Australasia
     51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South)
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