Family | STYLIDIACEAE |
Genus species | Forstera bidwillii Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 155 (1852) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves crowded, imbricate, ca. 1cm long, subcoriacous, linear-oblong, flowers 1-3, pedunculate, 6-10mm across, with distinct tube, lobes 5-7, obovate-oblong |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Forstera truncatella Colenso |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |