Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cotula alpina (Hook.f.) Hook.f. trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Fl. Tasman. 1: 192 (1856) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves 6-20mm, in outline ovate, pinnatilobate, subcristate, bright green, carnose, capitula 4-7mm across, peduncles thick, in fruit elongate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
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, 13-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Ctenosperma alpinum Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |