Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia macmahonii Kirk trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 327 (1895) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves in rosettes at apex of branchlets, narrowly obovate, 2-3cm, coriaceous, densely brown-red sericeous, acute, capitula 2-3cm across, ligules 12-15mm long, oblong |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Elcismia macmahoni (Kirk) B.L.Rob. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |