Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Raoulia eximia Hook.f. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl.: 149 (1864) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1000-1800m |
Description | leaves grey-green, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, apically densely lanate, capitula in centre of leaf rosette, tubular, 5-6mm long, phyllaries linear, 3-4mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | 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 eximium (Hook.f.) Beauverd Raoulia brownii Kirk |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |