Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia goyenii Kirk trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 16: 373 (1884) |
Native Range | New Zealand (Stewart Island) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, 3-4mm long, linear-oblong, apex dilatate and truncate, glabrous, capitula 3-5mm across, involucral bracts linear, tip erect, often white |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
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, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Psychrophyton goyenii (Kirk) Beauverd |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |