Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Ozothamnus selago Hook.f. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 2: 332 (1855) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 800-1600m |
Description | short stems densely leafy, sparsely branched, densely and long white lanate, capitula solitary, leaves carnose, canaliculate, dark green, ovate, involucre pale yellow |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
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 x selago (Hook f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Kirk |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |