Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Ourisia confertifolia Arroyo trib. Angelonieae |
Bibliography | New Zealand J. Bot. 22: 447 (1984) |
Native Range | New Zealand South |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves broadly spathulate to suborbiculate, 5-13mm, shallowly emarginate, adaxially densely sericeous, often purple abaxially, flowers 1-3, 2cm long, in throat yellow |
Size | 5-10cm |
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. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |