Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia brevifolia Cockayne ex Cheeseman trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2. 938 (1925) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves imbricate, coriaceous, 10-15mm, oblong, adaxially viscid, abaxially white tomentose, obtuse, entire, capitula 2-3cm across, ligules narrowly spathulate, 3-4-dentate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |