Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Geum uniflorum Buchanan |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 2: 88 (1870) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves evergreen, terminal segment broadly ovate, shiny, dark green, 2-4cm long, lateral segments small, 1-2 pairs, flowers 25mm across, with red anthers |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Oncostylus uniflorus (Buchanan) F.Bolle |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |