Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia australis Hook.f. ex Raoul trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Choix Pl. Nouv.-Zel.: 20 (1846) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | rooting, leaves imbricate, to 2mm long, spathulate, often apiculate, in upper part densely appresed tomentose, capitula 4-5mm, tips of involucral bracts bright yellow |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale yellow |
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 | Raoulia lutescens Beauverd |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |