Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia bryoides Hook.f. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 2: 322 (1855) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, 3x1mm, obovate-linear to rhombic-spathulate, at apex sericeous, capitula 5-7mm across, involucral bracts with white tip |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Psychrophyton bryoides (Hook.f.) Beauverd |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |