Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia buchananii Kirk trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Stud. Fl. New Zealand: 307 (1899) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, 2-4mm, broadly cuneate, truncate, apiculate, abaxially glabrous, adaxially hirsute, capitula 4-6mm, involucre glabrous, at base ciliate |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | dark red |
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 | Psychrophyton buchananii (Kirk) Anderb. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |