Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Ourisia cockayneana Petrie trib. Angelonieae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New. Zealand Inst. 29: 426 (1897) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | rooting, leaves coriaceous, flat, broadly ovate to rhombic, crenate-serrate, glabrous, long petiolate, floral stems purple, bracts 2-5-pairs, flowers to 2cm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
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) |