Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leucogenes grandiceps (Hook.f.) Beauverd trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 2: 243 (1910) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves imbricate, patent, 5-10mm long, apiculate, at base 3-5-nerved, obovate-cuneate, appresed white hirsute, bracts of involucre lanate, producing star |
Size | 10-15cm |
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 | Gnaphalium grandiceps Hook.f. Helichrysum grandiceps (Hook.f.) Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |