Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Coprosma serrulata Hook.f. ex Buchanan |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 3: 212 (1871) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Description | leaves broadly obovate to orbiculate, 4-7mm long, very thick and coriaceous, dark green, finely dentate, fruit broadly oblong, 7-8mm long, red |
Size | 50-60cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer; layering in spring and fall |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |