Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia viscosa Hook.f. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl.: 133 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves in rosettes, rigid, thick, coriaceous, very viscid, 6-8cm long, linear-subulate, acute, adaxially bright green, glabrous, sulcate, capitula 3-4cm across, ligules 15mm long |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aster viscifluus F.Muell. Elcismia viscosa (Hook.f.) B.L.Rob. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |