Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Celmisia cockayneana Petrie trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 44: 182 (1911) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves in rosettes at apex of branchlets, coriaceous, 4-8cm, narrowly obovate-spathulate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially appresed white sericeous, capitula 2-3cm across |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | white |
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, 16-21°C division in spring and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |