Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia lyallii Hook.f. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl.: 133 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves rigid, coriaceous, narrowly ensiform, acerose, 20-30cm, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sulcate, sericeous, entire, capitula 3-5cm, phyllaries linear, ligules ca. 12mm |
Size | 20-30cm |
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 | Aster lyallii (Hook.f.) F.Muell. Elcismia lyallii (Hook.f.) B.L.Rob. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |