Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Nertera cunninghamii Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 112 (1852) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | glabrous, branchlets subfiliform, leaves petiolate, 5-6mm, narrowly ovate, acute, margins thickened, flowers minute, axillary and terminal, sessile, drupe 3-4mm, red |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Coprosma philipsonii Heads Nertera papillosa Colenso |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |