Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Geum pusillum Petrie |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 28: 538 (1896) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | basal leaves to 25mm long, sparsely strigose, pinnate, terminal leaflet about 7mm long, suborbiculate, crenate, flowers solitary, minute, petals 5-6, oblong |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Oncostylus pusillus (Petrie) F.Bolle |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |