Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia asteliifolia Hook.f. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Fl. Antarct. 1: 35 (1844) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves linear, 7-15cm long, at base vaginate, margins revolute, abaxially tomentose, adaxially silvery pilose or glabrescent, capitula solitary, 2-3cm across |
Size | 15-20cm |
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 |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |