Family | STYLIDIACEAE |
Genus species | Forstera mackayi Allan |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 65: 221 (1935) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves crowded, curvate, narrowly oblong to linear, 8-10mm long, subcoriaceous, peduncles to 6cm long, flowers 1-3, ca. 15mm across, with distinct tube |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | red, 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 |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |