Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia mammillaris Hook.f. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl.: 150 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, 3-4mm long, obovate-spathulate, rounded, in upper part hirsute, capitula to 7mm, involucral bracts with obtuse, white tip |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 mammillare (Hook.f.) Beauverd |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |