Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia armstrongii Petrie trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 26: 269 (1894) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 900-1500m |
Description | leaves acute to acuminate, rigid, coriaceous, 2-4cm, narrowly linear-lanceolate, adaxially yellow-green, sericeous-tomentose, entire, capitula 4-5cm across |
Size | 25-40cm |
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 month, 16-21°C division in spring and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Elcismia armstrongii (Petrie) B.L.Rob. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |